私が今勤めている会社は主に海外の測定器を輸入販売しているので "calibration"/"calibrate" の単語を見ない日はほとんどありません。 これらの単語の意味はそれぞれ「校正」/「校正する」というでしか使っておらず、余り一般的な日本語ではないと思います。 しかし、この専門語と思っていた "calibration"/"calibrate" が "The Briefcase" に次ぎのように出て気ました。
"Sensei, may I take a look around?" Without waiting for Sensei to answer, I delved into the universe of things strewn about the tatami room. There was scrap paper. An old Zippo lighter. A rusted-over pocket mirror. There were three large black leather bags, each with well-worn creases. They were all exactly the same. There were floral shears. A stationary desk. And a black plastic thing shaped like a box. It had calibrations on it and a needle.
"What is this?" I asked, picking up the black calibrated box.
"Let me see...Oh, that. It's a tester."
上に出てきた "calibration"/"calibrated" は校正の意味ではないですね。 "calibrated box." はテスターの事なのと、"It had calibrations on it and a needle." つまりテスターには針と目盛りがあるのは誰でも知っているので、"calibrations" は「目盛り」 で "calibrated box" は目盛りが付いている箱だと分かります。 一応辞書で "calibration" の説明を見ます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to mark units of measurement on an instrument such so that it can measure accurately: a calibrated stick for measuring the amount of oil in an engine
・American Heritage Dictionary: A set of gradations that show positions or values. Often used in the plural: the calibrations on a pressure gauge.
この一般用語の "calibration" は知りませんでした。灯台下暗しでした。
"Sensei, may I take a look around?" Without waiting for Sensei to answer, I delved into the universe of things strewn about the tatami room. There was scrap paper. An old Zippo lighter. A rusted-over pocket mirror. There were three large black leather bags, each with well-worn creases. They were all exactly the same. There were floral shears. A stationary desk. And a black plastic thing shaped like a box. It had calibrations on it and a needle.
"What is this?" I asked, picking up the black calibrated box.
"Let me see...Oh, that. It's a tester."
上に出てきた "calibration"/"calibrated" は校正の意味ではないですね。 "calibrated box." はテスターの事なのと、"It had calibrations on it and a needle." つまりテスターには針と目盛りがあるのは誰でも知っているので、"calibrations" は「目盛り」 で "calibrated box" は目盛りが付いている箱だと分かります。 一応辞書で "calibration" の説明を見ます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to mark units of measurement on an instrument such so that it can measure accurately: a calibrated stick for measuring the amount of oil in an engine
・American Heritage Dictionary: A set of gradations that show positions or values. Often used in the plural: the calibrations on a pressure gauge.
この一般用語の "calibration" は知りませんでした。灯台下暗しでした。
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