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Sorry, I don't have any example sentences...  
Anyway, usually I heard the word 設定{せってい} in the meaning of "adjusting
something". But now, in the factory, I have come across the phrase
"圧力{あつりょく}を調整{ちょうせい}する".  
Could you please define the difference in usage between 設定{せってい}する and
調整{ちょうせい}する?
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Difference between 設定する and 調整する
I think the difference can be summarised as:

  * 設定 - to set or configure 

  * 調整 - to set or configure **towards a desired/expected outcome or value**

I think 設定 is to set it up so that it works, while 調整 has a goal in mind.

Looking up some online dictionaries:

[設定](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%A8%AD%E5%AE%9A-548363#E3.83.87.E3.82.B8.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.B3.89):

>   * (ディジタル大辞泉)  
> ある物事や条件をつくり定めること
>   * (大辞林 第三版)  
> ある目的に沿って，新たに物事をもうけ定めること
>

[調整](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%AA%BF%E6%95%B4-568677#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88):

> (大辞林 第三版)  
>  1. 調子の悪いものに手を加えてととのえること  
>  2. ある基準に合わせてととのえること。過不足なくすること。

設定 means to set up or establish according to some standard/condition that was
decided.

調整 means to adjust it from a undesirable or bad state, back in order to a
desired state. Or in the second explanation, to adjust something away from
being too much or too little in order to conform with an established standard.
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設定 often implies you start from _tabula rasa_.

調整 is more like optimization.
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