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LIMITS ERROR [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-20

English

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

Extreme values of an error permitted by specifications, regulations, etc. for a given measuring instrument.

OBS

maximum permissible errors (of a measuring instrument); limits of permissible error (of a measuring instrument): terms 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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Valeurs extrêmes d'une erreur tolérées par les spécifications, règlements, etc., pour un instrument de mesure donné.

OBS

erreurs maximales tolérées (d'un instrument de mesure); limites d'erreur tolérées (d'un instrument de mesure) : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

OBS

erreurs maximales tolérées (d'un instrument de mesure); limites d'erreur tolérées (d'un instrument de mesure) : 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).

Spanish

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