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Metrology Dictionary

The complete VIM vocabulary — all numbered concepts of JCGM 200:2012 as faithful paraphrases with clause citations — plus clearly labeled practice terms from the GUM, ILAC, ISO and NIST guidance.

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All sources 172 VIM vocabulary 144 Practice & guidance 28

All disciplines 172 Calibration 14 Dimensional 3 General 19 Instruments 39 Mass 2 Pressure 1 Quality & Accreditation 11 Standards & Units 46 Statistics 13 Temperature 2 Uncertainty 22

Blank indication

The indication obtained from a phenomenon, body, or substance similar to the one under investigation but for which the quantity of interest is supposed absent or not contributing — the analytical chemist's blank, generalized.

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.2 · Instruments