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Reference measurement procedure
A procedure accepted as providing results fit for assessing the trueness of values obtained from other procedures for the same kind of quantity.
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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
Primary reference measurement procedure
A reference procedure used to obtain a result without relation to a standard for a quantity of the same kind — the route by which primary standards are realized.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.8
Influence quantity
A quantity that, in a direct measurement, does not affect the quantity actually measured but does affect the relation between the indication and the result — ambient temperature is the classic example.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.52
Measurement principle
The phenomenon serving as the basis of a measurement — thermoelectric effect for a thermocouple, Doppler shift for a radar gun.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.4
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