Kalibráló

Kalibráló is a Hungarian term referring to anything involved in calibration, including devices, software, procedures, and personnel used to adjust and verify measurement instruments. In English, the closest terms are calibrator, calibration device, or calibration procedure.

Purpose: Calibration aligns instrument readings with known reference values to ensure accuracy, precision, and traceability. Regular kalibrálás helps detect drift, bias, or malfunction, supporting quality control in laboratories, manufacturing, medical equipment, and research.

Common kalibráló tools and methods include reference standards (weights, pressure or electrical references), calibrating software, and measurement setups. Procedures may be direct (comparing readings to a fixed standard) or indirect (adjusting through a known relation). Multi-point calibration, calibration certificates, and documented intervals are standard.

Standards and practice: Calibration activities follow metrology standards and may be performed by accredited laboratories. International frameworks such as ISO/IEC 17025 require traceability of measurements to national or international standards (such as NIST, EURAMET).

Etymology and usage: The term derives from Hungarian kalibrálás, meaning calibration, and is used in technical contexts to describe calibration tools, software, or personnel.