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APPARENT ERROR [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-10-14

English

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

The algebric difference between one of the results of a series of measurements and the arithmetic mean of all the results of this series.

OBS

Translator's note: ... the literal translation of "erreur (absolue) apparente", "apparent (absolute) error" is not used in English; the appropriate term is "deviation".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Différence algébrique entre un des résultats d'une série de mesurages et la moyenne arithmétique de l'ensemble des résultats de cette série.

OBS

erreur absolue apparente; erreur apparente : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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