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TIME-INTERVAL MEASUREMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-11-12

English

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

A process that consists in calculating the duration between the two known epochs, or in counting the repetitions of a recurring phenomenon from an arbitrary starting point, as with an electronic digital-reading counter, which counts the cycles of an oscillator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
DEF

Technique de mesure propre à la chronométrie qui lors de l'étude de phénomènes physiques ou électroniques ramène l'observation à une ou plusieurs mesures d'intervalles de temps séparant deux repères précis d'un signal.

CONT

Intervallométrie. Lors de l'étude de phénomènes physiques ou électriques, on peut dans de nombreux cas ramener l'observation à une ou plusieurs mesures de temps; soit que le temps soit intéressant, soit que la loi d'évolution du phénomène soit suffisamment connue pour que la connaissance du temps permette de la définir entièrement.

Spanish

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