Dictionary · Instruments
Step response time
The duration between the instant an input quantity is subjected to an abrupt change between two specified constant values and the instant the indication settles within specified limits of its final steady value.
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Measuring chain
The series of elements of a measuring system constituting a single path of the measurement signal from sensor to output element.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.10
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
Measuring transducer
A device, used in measurement, that provides an output quantity having a specified relation to the input quantity — a thermocouple, a load cell, a pressure-to-current converter.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.7
Indication interval
The set of quantity values bounded by the extreme possible indications.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.3
Stability of a measuring instrument
The property of an instrument whereby its metrological properties remain constant in time — quantified by the time taken to drift a stated amount, or the change over a stated time.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.19
Indication
The quantity value provided by a measuring instrument or system — the reading, before any correction.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.1