You calibrate a weighing device to understand and document how it performs. You adjust the device to change its behavior. It makes sense that you would not want to change the behavior of a weighing device before you understand how it behaves.
 

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• What defines calibration
• Why calibration is different  from adjustment
• Why measurement uncertainty is important

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