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OPERATING CYCLE MEASURING INSTRUMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
DEF

A series of consecutive movements of the movable elements of a measuring instruments at the conclusion of which all the elements, except the indicating device, return, for the first time, to their initial positions.

OBS

This concept applies to instruments whose operation is said to be "continuous".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
DEF

Ensemble de mouvements consécutifs des organes mobiles d'un appareil mesureur à la fin desquels tous les organes, sauf le dispositif indicateur, reprennent pour la première fois la position qu'ils avaient à l'instant initial.

OBS

Cette notion s'applique aux instruments à fonctionnement dit «continu».

OBS

cycle de fonctionnement d'un appareil mesureur : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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