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Zero error
The datum measurement error when the specified measured value is zero.
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Rated operating condition
An operating condition that must be fulfilled during measurement for an instrument to perform as designed — the environmental and use envelope the specs assume.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.9
Datum measurement error
The measurement error of an instrument or system at a specified measured value — the error quoted at a named point rather than over the whole interval.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.27
Limiting operating condition
An extreme operating condition an instrument is required to withstand without damage and without degrading specified properties when subsequently operated under rated conditions — survival limits, not working limits.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.10
Indication interval
The set of quantity values bounded by the extreme possible indications.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.3
Displaying measuring instrument
An indicating instrument whose output signal is presented in visual form.
VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.4
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