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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

Reference data

Data related to a property of a phenomenon, body, or substance — or to a system of components of known composition or structure — obtained from an identified source, critically evaluated, and verified for accuracy.

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.16 · Standards & Units

Reference material

Material, sufficiently homogeneous and stable with reference to specified properties, established to be fit for its intended use in measurement or in examination of nominal properties.

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.13 · Standards & Units

Reference measurement standard

A standard designated for the calibration of other standards for quantities of a given kind in an organization or at a location — a laboratory's best standard.

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.6 · Standards & Units

Reference quantity value

A quantity value used as a basis for comparison with values of quantities of the same kind — a true value, a conventional value, or a standard's certified value, depending on context.

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.18 · Standards & Units