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The aspect common to mutually comparable quantities — length, mass, and energy are kinds; diameter and wavelength are both quantities of the kind length. VIM…
The ordered set of values that quantities of a given kind may take — the scale a thermometer or hardness tester reports on. VIM (JCGM…
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 real scalar quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which any other quantity of the same kind is compared to express the ratio…
The ratio of two units for quantities of the same kind — 25.4 mm/in; the numerical value changes, the quantity does not. VIM…
The quantity intended to be measured. Specifying a measurand requires the kind of quantity and a description of the state of the phenomenon, body…
A standard established through calibration with respect to a primary standard for a quantity of the same kind. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.5…
A procedure accepted as providing results fit for assessing the trueness of values obtained from other procedures for the same kind of quantity. VIM…
One or more measuring instruments and often other devices, assembled and adapted to give measured values within specified intervals for quantities of specified kinds…
A standard designated for the calibration of other standards for quantities of a given kind in an organization or at a location — a laboratory…
Questions post under a public pseudonym. Be specific — instrument, method, standard.