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Analytical adjustment

Adjustment by an arithmetical process, as distinguished from a graphical adjustment, which is done geometrically. The usually procedure is to determine the discrepancies which exist among combinations of measurements, express these discrepancies in the form of condition equations or observation equations, and solve these equations to obtain corrections to the measurements (e.g., adjust the measurements) or corrections to the quantities on which the measurements depend. If there are more measurements than there are unknowns, the method of least squares is used.

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