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MEASUREMENT SCIENCE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-12-08

English

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

Science of measurement.

OBS

Metrology includes all aspects both theoretical and practical with reference to measurements, whatever their uncertainty, and in whatever fields of science or technology they occur.

OBS

metrology: term and definition approved by ISO, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), and others.

Key term(s)
  • measurement science

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Science de la mesure.

OBS

La métrologie embrasse tous les aspects aussi bien théoriques que pratiques se rapportant aux mesurages, quelle que soit l'incertitude de ceux-ci, dans quelque domaine de la science et de la technologie que ce soit.

OBS

métrologie : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

métrologie : terme 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).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
DEF

Ciencia de las pesas y medidas.

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