PIC 101

science of measurement and its application

• measurement

• metric system

• measurement principly

• metrology

property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as a number and a reference

• quality

• quantity

• measurement

• measurand

quantity intended to be measured

• measurement

• indication

• measurand

• quality

process of experimentally obtaining one or more quantity values that can reasonably be attributed to a quantity

• monitoring

• measurement

• calibration

• testing

quantity value provided by a measuring instrument or a measuring system

• measurement value

• indication

• display

• reading

phenomenon serving as a basis of a measurement

• measurement principle

• scientific reference

• physical characteristic

• chemical characteristic

generic description of a logical organization of operations used in a measurement

• measurement method

• measurement procedure

• measurement activity

• measurement process

detailed description of a measurement according to one or more measurement principles and to a given measurement method, based on a measurement model and including any calculation to obtain a measurement result

• measurement method

• measurement procedure

• measurement activity

• measurement process

quantity that, in a direct measurement, does not affect the quantity that is actually measured, but affects the relation between the indication and the measurement result

• measurement error

• noise

• influence quantity

• vibration

set of quantity values being attributed to a measurand together with any other available relevant information

• measurement result

• measurement value

• measurement output

• measurement information