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SEUIL DEMARRAGE COMPTEUR [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-22

English

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

The smallest load which causes movement of the indicating device of a meter.

OBS

Note: "Passivity" is analogous to discrimination threshold but is related to the meter load and not to the quantity measured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

La plus petite charge qui met en mouvement le dispositif indicateur d'un compteur.

OBS

Remarque : Le seuil de démarrage est une qualité analogue au seuil de mobilité, mais se rapporte à la charge du compteur et non à la grandeur mesurée.

OBS

seuil de démarrage d'un compteur : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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