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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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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
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
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
Measured quantity value
The quantity value representing a measurement result — the value actually obtained for the measurand in a given measurement.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.10
Measurement accuracy
Closeness of agreement between a measured value and a true value of the measurand. A qualitative concept — a measurement is more accurate when it offers smaller error, but accuracy itself is not a number.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.13
Measurement error
Measured quantity value minus a reference quantity value; comprises a systematic component and a random component.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.16