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NQA [1 record]

Record 1 2020-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Quality Control (Management)
  • Industrial Standardization
DEF

[The] worst tolerable quality level.

OBS

acceptable quality level; AQL: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and standardized by NATO.

OBS

acceptance quality limit; AQL: designations standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
  • Normalisation industrielle
DEF

[Le] plus mauvais niveau de qualité tolérable.

OBS

niveau de qualité acceptable; NQA : désignations et définition normalisées par l'ISO; désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes et par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Control de la calidad (Gestión)
  • Normalización industrial
DEF

Proporción de unidades de un artículo concreto que se consideran defectuosas en relación con el total de las producidas.

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