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CATEGORY MEASURING INSTRUMENTS [1 record]

Record 1 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A group of instruments for measuring the same quantity or having some characteristic features in common. Examples: group of weighing instruments, group of weights, group of instruments for measuring volume of fluid other than water, group of meteorological measuring instruments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Ensemble d'instruments de mesurage servant à mesurer la même grandeur ou présentant certains traits caractéristiques communs. Exemples : ensemble des instruments de pesage, ensemble de poids, ensemble des instruments mesureurs de volumes de liquides autres que l'eau, ensemble des instruments de mesurages météorologiques.

OBS

catégorie d'instruments de mesurage : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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