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MEASUREMENT INACCURACY [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-13

English

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

The inaccuracy expressed by the totality of the overall limiting errors of measurement including all the systematic errors as well as the limiting random errors.

OBS

If all the systematic errors are corrected, the inaccuracy is equal to the uncertainty of measurement.

French

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

Imprécision qui s'exprime par l'ensemble des erreurs globales limites du mesurage comprenant toutes les erreurs systématiques ainsi que les erreurs fortuites limites.

OBS

Toutes les erreurs systématiques étant corrigées, l'imprécision est égale à l'incertitude de mesurage.

OBS

imprécision de mesurage : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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