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Record 1 1998-10-22

English

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

The greatest difference between the indications of a measuring instrument which can be obtained in a series of measurements when the same value of the quantity measured is reached respectively by increasing and by decreasing it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

La plus grande différence des indications d'un instrument de mesurage qui peut être obtenue dans une série de mesurages lorsqu'on atteint la même valeur de la grandeur mesurée soit en croissant, soit en décroissant.

OBS

erreur limite de réversibilité : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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