Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 4:50 AM
Site: Quametec™ Institute of Measurement Technology
Course: Quametec™ Institute of Measurement Technology (QUAMETEC™)
Glossary: QIMT Glossary
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CGPM Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures. Held for the first time in 1889. Meeting every 4th year. |
Check standard Working standard routinely used to ensure that measurements are made correctly. |
CIPM Comité Internationale des Poids et Mesures. |
CIPM MRA see Mutual Recognition Arrangement, CIPM. |
CMC Calibration and Measurement Capabilities |
CMI Czech Metrology Institute, the national metrological institute of the Czech Republic. |
Compound standard Set of similar material measures or measuring instruments that, through their combined use, constitutes a standard. |
Conformity assessment An activity that provides demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or body are fulfilled, i.e. testing, inspection, certification of products, personnel and management systems. |
Conventional true value (of a quantity) Value attributed to a particular quantity and accepted, sometimes by convention, as having an uncertainty appropriate for a given purpose. Sometimes called “assigned value”, “best estimate of the value”, “conventional value”, or “reference value”. |
COOMET Euro-Asian cooperation of national metrological institutions. |