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PRE-SETTING MEASURING INSTRUMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A continuous or discontinuous measuring instrument fitted with a device which may or may not indicate but which automatically terminates the measurement when it reaches a value fixed in advance. Example: continuous pre-setting petrol meter.

OBS

Translator's note: ... the term "measuring" has been placed in brackets. ... this word may often be omitted in English if no ambiguity is thereby caused.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Appareil mesureur continu ou discontinu muni d'un dispositif, indicateur ou non, arrêtant automatiquement le mesurage lorsque le résultat atteint une valeur fixée à l'avance. Exemple : compteur continu prédéterminateur de carburant.

OBS

appareil mesureur prédéterminateur : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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