QIMT Glossary
Definitions of Metrology terms & phrases.
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- Ignore the other entries and submit.
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Drift Slow change of a metrological characteristic of a measuring instrument. | |
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EAC See EA. | |
EAL See EA. | |
EOTC The European Organisation for Conformity Assessment. | |
EPTIS European Proficiency Testing Information System | |
Error (for a measuring instrument), largest permissible Extreme values for an error permitted by specifications, regulations, etc. for a given measuring instrument. | |
Error (in a measuring instrument), systematic Systematic indication error in a measuring instrument. | |
Error limit (for a measuring instrument Extreme values for an error permitted by specifications, regulations, etc. for a given measuring instrument. | |
EUROLAB Voluntary co-operation between testing and calibration laboratories in Europe. | |