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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-02-13

English

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

A reading error resulting from an inexact evaluation of the position of the index with reference to the two adjoining scale marks between which the index is located.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Erreur de lecture résultant de l'évaluation inexacte de la position de l'index par rapport à deux repères voisins entre lesquels l'index est situé.

OBS

erreur d'interpolation : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

The complex property of a series of observations, of a measuring instrument, or of the entire measuring process, that makes possible the obtaining of similar results upon repetition; the degree to which such similar results may be predicted; the degree to which measurement is free from random influence.

CONT

Reliability is a generic term referring to several types of evidence. When repeated performance of the same act by the same individual is in question, reliability is the opposite of variability, and the standard error of measurement(or one of its equivalents) is an appropriate index.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicometría y psicotécnica
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Record 3 1977-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
DEF

An error in the angle indicated by a sextant, resulting from the index and horizon glasses not being parallel to one another when the pointer on the vernier indicates zero on the arc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
DEF

Le grand miroir et le petit miroir [du sextant] doivent être parallèles lorsque le zéro du vernier coïncide avec le zéro du limbe. Dans le cas contraire, il existe une erreur instrumentale (...)

Spanish

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