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SEMI-NUMERICAL SCALE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A digital scale of which the number furthest to the right, that is the one belonging to the scale with the smallest interval, moves in a continuous manner and enables a fraction of the interval between consecutive numbers to be read.

Key term(s)
  • semidigital scale
  • seminumerical scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Échelle numérique dont le premier chiffre à droite, c'est-à-dire celui qui appartient à l'échelle qui a la plus petite valeur d'échelon, se déplace d'une manière continue et permet la lecture à une fraction de l'intervalle entre deux nombres consécutifs.

OBS

échelle semi-numérique : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Key term(s)
  • échelle seminumérique

Spanish

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