QIMT Glossary
Definitions of Metrology terms & phrases.
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CCQM Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance - Metrology in chemistry. Established 1993. | |
CCRI Consultative Committee for Ionising Radiation. Established 1958. | |
CCT Consultative Committee for Thermometry. Established 1937. | |
CCTF Consultative Committee for Time and Frequency. Established 1956. | |
CCU Consultative Committee for Units. Established 1964. | |
CEM Centro Español de Metrología, the national metrological institute of Spain. | |
CEN Comité Européene de Normalisation. European standardisation organisation. | |
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. | |