Dictionary · Standards & Units
Transfer measurement device
A device used as an intermediary to compare measurement standards — transferring, not holding, the quantity value.
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Commutability of a reference material
The property demonstrated by the closeness of agreement between the relation among results for a stated quantity in the RM and the relation among results for representative routine samples, across specified procedures — whether the RM behaves like the real thing.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.15
Measurement standard (etalon)
The realization of the definition of a given quantity, with stated value and uncertainty, used as a reference — an artifact, instrument, reference material, or measuring system.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.1
Multiple of a unit
A unit obtained by multiplying a given unit by an integer greater than one — the kilometre from the metre.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.17
Quantity-value scale
The ordered set of values that quantities of a given kind may take — the scale a thermometer or hardness tester reports on.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.27
Kind of quantity
The aspect common to mutually comparable quantities — length, mass, and energy are kinds; diameter and wavelength are both quantities of the kind length.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.2
Intrinsic measurement standard
A standard based on an inherent and reproducible property of a phenomenon or substance — the triple point of water cell, the Josephson voltage standard.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.10