Dictionary · Instruments
Instrument bias
The average of replicate indications minus a reference quantity value — the instrument-level counterpart of measurement bias.
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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
Displaying measuring instrument
An indicating instrument whose output signal is presented in visual form.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.4
Limiting operating condition
An extreme operating condition an instrument is required to withstand without damage and without degrading specified properties when subsequently operated under rated conditions — survival limits, not working limits.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.10
Detection limit
The measured value, obtained by a given procedure, for which the probability of falsely claiming absence of a component is β, given a probability α of falsely claiming its presence — the statistically honest "smallest amount we can claim to see".
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.18
Zero error
The datum measurement error when the specified measured value is zero.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.28
Resolution of a displaying device
The smallest difference between displayed indications that can be meaningfully distinguished — for a digital display, one count of the least significant digit.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.15