QIMT Glossary
Definitions of Metrology terms & phrases.
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Standard, travelling Standard, sometimes specially composed, for use in making comparisons between standards at different locations. | |
Stimulus The input signal for a measuring system can be called a stimulus and the output signal can be called a response. | |
System of measurement units A number of basic units and derived units defined in accordance with given rules for a given system of values. | |
System of units | |
Systematic error Mean that would result from an infinite number of measurements of the same measurand carried out under repeatability conditions minus a true value of the measurand. | |