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A measuring instrument providing an output signal carrying information about the value of the quantity being measured — voltmeters, thermometers, balances. VIM (JCGM 200:2012…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.3

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Indication

The quantity value provided by a measuring instrument or system — the reading, before any correction. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.1 Instruments

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.1

An indicating instrument whose output signal is presented in visual form. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 3.4 Instruments

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Instrument bias

The average of replicate indications minus a reference quantity value — the instrument-level counterpart of measurement bias. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.20 Instruments

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Instrumental drift

A continuous or incremental change of an indication over time, due neither to a change in the quantity being measured nor to a recognized…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.21

…of measurement error, with respect to a known reference value, permitted by specifications or regulations for a given instrument. Verification confirms indications fall within…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.26

…value of the quantity being measured that causes no detectable change in the corresponding indication — stickiness quantified. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.16 Instruments

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.16

…the change in an indication and the corresponding change in the value of the quantity being measured. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.12 Instruments

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Resolution

The smallest change in the quantity being measured that causes a perceptible change in the corresponding indication. Digital resolution contributes a rectangular uncertainty component…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.14

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Dead band

…value of the quantity being measured can be changed in both directions without producing a detectable change in indication — hysteresis's operational signature. VIM…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.17