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A quantity-value scale for ordinal quantities, established by agreement on a procedure — comparisons of order are valid, arithmetic on the values is not…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.28

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Ordinal quantity

A quantity defined by an agreed procedure that can be ranked but has no meaningful algebra — Rockwell hardness or earthquake magnitude: order exists, differences…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.26

…or a measurement procedure including the measurement unit for a non- ordinal quantity, or a measurement standard. NOTE 2: Metrological traceability requires an established…

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