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Measurement method
A generic description of the logical organization of operations used in a measurement — substitution method, differential method, null method.
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Random measurement error
The component of measurement error that varies unpredictably in replicate measurements, characterized by a distribution usually summarized by its standard deviation.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.19
Metrology
The science of measurement and its application — including all theoretical and practical aspects, whatever the uncertainty and field of application.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.2
Conventional quantity value
A quantity value attributed to a quantity by agreement for a given purpose — the conventional value of local gravity, or the conventional mass of a weight.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.12
Nominal property
A property of a phenomenon, body, or substance that has no magnitude — the sex of a specimen, the color sequence of a resistor, an ISO country code. It can be examined and classified, but not measured.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.30
Correction
Compensation for an estimated systematic effect, applied additively or multiplicatively. The uncertainty of the correction itself must enter the budget.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.53
Measurement result
The set of quantity values attributed to a measurand together with any other available relevant information — generally a measured value with its measurement uncertainty.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.9