Thursday, March 28, 2024, 4:13 AM
Site: Quametec™ Institute of Measurement Technology
Course: Quametec™ Institute of Measurement Technology (QUAMETEC™)
Glossary: QIMT Glossary
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TBT Technical Barrier to Trade. |
Testing Technical procedure consisting of the determination of one or more characteristics of a given product, process service, in accordance with a specified procedure. |
Threshold, resolution capability (discrimination) Largest change in a stimulus that produces no detectable change in the response of a measuring instrument, the change in the stimulus taking place slowly and monotonically. |
Traceability Property of the result of a measurement or the value of a standard whereby it can be related to stated references, usually national or international standards, through an unbroken chain of comparisons all having stated uncertainties. |
Traceability chain The unbroken chain of comparisons is defined under Traceability. |
Transfer equipment The description “transfer equipment” should be used when the intermediate link is not a standard. |
Transfer standard Standard used as an intermediary to compare standards. |
Travelling standard See Standard, travelling. |
True value (of a quantity) The indefinite form rather than the definite form is used in connection with true value, in that there can be many values that are consistent with the definition of a particular quantity. |