decalibrate

Verb

decalibrate (third-person singular simple present decalibrates, present participle decalibrating, simple past and past participle decalibrated)

1. (intransitive) To lose calibration and therefore not be accurate.
   • Aneroid and electronic instruments, decalibrate easily and frequently and require routine accuracy checks.
2. (transitive) To perform some action to remove the calibration of an instrument.
   • it is important to not go over the pipetteman volume limit because that will decalibrate the machine.