QIMT Glossary



Definitions of Metrology terms & phrases.

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  3. In the 'Description' Field, put the definition, don't forget to use the "DeWord" button to remove MS Word formatting if you are copying and pasting from MS Word; see lounge forum for note regarding this issue.
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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


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.


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