Dictionary · General
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.
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Measurement error
Measured quantity value minus a reference quantity value; comprises a systematic component and a random component.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.16
True quantity value
The quantity value consistent with the definition of the quantity. In practice unknowable; measurement estimates it with stated uncertainty.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.11
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
Measurand
The quantity intended to be measured. Specifying a measurand requires the kind of quantity and a description of the state of the phenomenon, body, or substance carrying it.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.3
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
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