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INTERNATIONAL MEASUREMENT STANDARD [1 record]

Record 1 1998-03-20

English

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

Standard recognized by an international agreement to serve internationally as the basis for assigning values to other standards of the quantity concerned.

OBS

international measurement standard; international standard: terms 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

Étalon reconnu par un accord international pour servir de base internationale à l'attribution des valeurs aux autres étalons de la grandeur concernée.

OBS

étalon international : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

OBS

étalon international : 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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