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SENSITIVITY RECIPROCAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

The sensitivity reciprocal of a balance is equal to 1 divided by the sensitivity.

OBS

"Reciprocal": a number that when multiplied by a given number gives one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
OBS

sensibilité : Qualité présentée par un instrument de mesure dont le dispositif indicateur éprouve un grand déplacement pour une variation déterminée de la grandeur à mesurer. (La mesure de la sensibilité s'exprime au moyen du quotient de ce déplacement par cette variation.)

Spanish

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