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SUB-MULTIPLE UNIT [1 record]

Record 1 1998-10-22

English

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

Smaller unit of measurement that is formed from a given unit according to scaling conventions.

OBS

One of the decimal submultiples of the metre is the millimetre.

OBS

submultiple of a unit of measurement; submultiple of a unit: terms and definition approved by ISO, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization of Legal Metrologoy (OIML), and others.

Key term(s)
  • sub-multiple unit of measurement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité de mesure plus petite formée à partir d'une unité donnée selon des conventions d'échelonnement.

OBS

L'un des sous-multiples décimaux du mètre est le millimètre.

OBS

sous-multiple d'une unité de mesure; sous-multiple d'une unité : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

OBS

sous-multiple d'une unité de mesure; sous-multiple d'une unité : termes et définition entérinés, entre autres, par l'ISO, le Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM), par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) et par l'Organisation internationale de métrologie légale (OIML).

Key term(s)
  • unité de mesure sous-multiple

Spanish

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