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MAXIMUM FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT [1 record]

Record 1 1998-08-27

English

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

The number of measurements in unit time above which the results of measurement obtained from the instrument are liable to be affected by an error greater than the maximum permissible error.

OBS

maximum frequency of measurement: This concept applies to repetitive measuring instruments with discontinuous operation (e.g. volumetric or gravimetric filling machines).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Nombre de mesurages par unités de temps au-dessus duquel les résultats de mesurage obtenus avec l'instrument sont susceptibles d'être entachés d'une erreur supérieure à l'erreur maximale tolérée.

OBS

cadence de mesurage maximale : Cette notion s'applique aux instruments de mesurage répétiteurs à fonctionnement discontinu (par ex. doseuses volumétriques ou pondérales).

OBS

cadence de mesurage maximale : recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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