Dictionary · Instruments
Reference operating condition
An operating condition prescribed for evaluating the performance of an instrument or for comparing results — the 23 °C ± 1 °C line at the top of a datasheet.
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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
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
Instrument bias
The average of replicate indications minus a reference quantity value — the instrument-level counterpart of measurement bias.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.20
Selectivity of a measuring system
The property whereby the system provides measured values for one or more measurands that are independent of other measurands or influence quantities.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.13
Resolution
The smallest change in the quantity being measured that causes a perceptible change in the corresponding indication. Digital resolution contributes a rectangular uncertainty component of (δ/2)/√3.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.14
Measuring system
One or more measuring instruments and often other devices, assembled and adapted to give measured values within specified intervals for quantities of specified kinds.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.2