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Displaying measuring instrument
An indicating instrument whose output signal is presented in visual form.
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Scale of a displaying measuring instrument
The part of a displaying instrument consisting of an ordered set of marks with associated quantity values.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.5
Indication interval
The set of quantity values bounded by the extreme possible indications.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.3
Range of a nominal indication interval
The absolute difference between the extreme values of a nominal indication interval — 200 V for the −100 V to +100 V setting.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.5
Indicating measuring instrument
A measuring instrument providing an output signal carrying information about the value of the quantity being measured — voltmeters, thermometers, balances.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.3
Blank indication
The indication obtained from a phenomenon, body, or substance similar to the one under investigation but for which the quantity of interest is supposed absent or not contributing — the analytical chemist's blank, generalized.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.2
Detector
A device or substance that indicates the presence of a phenomenon, body, or substance when a threshold of an associated quantity is exceeded — presence, not magnitude.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.9