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LONGUEUR CONTROLE CONNUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-12-02

English

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

... a sample of a material that is representative in thickness and texture of the kind of material that a machine is designed to measure, the length of which has been determined in relation to a local standard.

OBS

Linear measuring machine.

OBS

known test length: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 210.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

[...] échantillon provenant d'un matériau représentatif, par son épaisseur et sa texture, du genre de matériau que l'appareil est destiné à mesurer et dont la longueur a été déterminée d'après un étalon local.

OBS

longueur de contrôle connue : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, article 210.

Spanish

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