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True quantity value

The quantity value consistent with the definition of the quantity. In practice unknowable; measurement estimates it with stated uncertainty. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.11

The number in a quantity value — the 5.34 in 5.34 m: the ratio of the quantity to its unit. VIM (JCGM 200…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.20

A quantity value attributed to a quantity by agreement for a given purpose — the conventional value of local gravity, or the conventional mass of…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.12

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

A quantity value used as a basis for comparison with values of quantities of the same kind — a true value, a conventional value, or…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 5.18

The quantity value representing a measurement result — the value actually obtained for the measurand in a given measurement. VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.10…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.10

The ordered set of values that quantities of a given kind may take — the scale a thermometer or hardness tester reports on. VIM (JCGM…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.27

The quantity whose measured value is calculated from the input quantity values using the model — the measurand's seat in the mathematics. VIM (JCGM…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 2.51

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Quantity value

…measurement unit) expressing the magnitude of a quantity — 5.34 m, 0.152 kg, or a value on an agreed scale. VIM (JCGM 200…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 1.19

A rounded or approximate value of a characterizing quantity of a measuring instrument that guides its appropriate use — the "100 Ω" stamped on a…

VIM (JCGM 200:2012) 4.6