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BASE QUANTITY [2 records]

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Record 1 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
CONT

This program [i.e. Volume-Related Incentive Price program] allows gas to be exported at two prices, a base price of $US 4.10 per gigajoule for the prescribed base quantity and an incentive price of $US 3.17 per gigajoule for volumes above the base quantity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-03-23

English

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

One of the quantities that, in a system of quantities, are conventionally accepted as functionally independent of one another.

OBS

Example: the quantities length, mass and time are generally taken to be base quantities in the field of mechanics.

OBS

base quantity: term and definition approved by ISO, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), and others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

L'une des grandeurs qui, dans un système de grandeurs, sont admises par convention comme étant fonctionnellement indépendantes les unes des autres.

OBS

Exemple : les grandeurs longueur, masse et temps sont généralement prises comme grandeurs de base dans le domaine de la mécanique.

OBS

grandeur de base : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

grandeur de base : terme et définition entérinés, entre autres, par l'ISO, le Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM), par la Commission électrotechnique internationale (CEI) et par l'Organisation internationale de métrologie légale (OIML).

Spanish

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