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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

Derived quantity

A quantity in a system of quantities defined in terms of the base quantities of that system — speed, force, pressure.

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.5 · Standards & Units

Derived unit

A measurement unit for a derived quantity, formed as a product of powers of base units — the newton (kg·m·s⁻²) or the pascal (N/m²).

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.11 · Standards & Units