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DUPLICATE STANDARD [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A standard intended either to check the invariability of the primary standard or to replace this standard if it is damaged or lost.

OBS

The duplicate standard is never, in practice, used in current metrological work, even for the verification of other standards, for example.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Étalon destiné soit à contrôler l'invariabilité de l'étalon primaire, soit à remplacer cet étalon s'il est endommagé ou s'il a disparu.

OBS

L'étalon-témoin n'est, en pratique, jamais utilisé dans les travaux métrologiques courants, même pour la vérification des autres étalons, par exemple.

OBS

étalon-témoin : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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