Dictionary · Instruments
Indication
The quantity value provided by a measuring instrument or system — the reading, before any correction.
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Nominal quantity value
A rounded or approximate value of a characterizing quantity of a measuring instrument that guides its appropriate use — the "100 Ω" stamped on a resistor, the "1 kg" of a weight.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.6
Stability of a measuring instrument
The property of an instrument whereby its metrological properties remain constant in time — quantified by the time taken to drift a stated amount, or the change over a stated time.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.19
Dead band
The maximum interval through which the value of the quantity being measured can be changed in both directions without producing a detectable change in indication — hysteresis's operational signature.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.17
Displaying measuring instrument
An indicating instrument whose output signal is presented in visual form.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.4
Discrimination threshold
The largest change in the value of the quantity being measured that causes no detectable change in the corresponding indication — stickiness quantified.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.16
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