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national measurement standard [1 record]

Record 1 1998-09-22

English

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

Standard recognized by a national decision to serve, in a country, as the basis for assigning values to other standards of the quantity concerned.

OBS

national measurement standard; national standard: 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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
DEF

Étalon reconnu par une décision nationale, dans un pays, pour servir de base à l'attribution de valeurs aux autres étalons de la grandeur concernée.

OBS

étalon national : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

étalon national : 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
  • Control de la calidad (Gestión)
DEF

Norma reconocida por decisión nacional para que sirva en un país como base al asignar valores a otras normas de calidad.

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