Concept information
Preferred term
measuring instrument
Definition(s)
- A measuring instrument is a device to measure a physical quantity. In the physical sciences, quality assurance, and engineering, measurement is the activity of obtaining and comparing physical quantities of real-world objects and events. Established standard objects and events are used as units, and the process of measurement gives a number relating the item under study and the referenced unit of measurement. Measuring instruments, and formal test methods which define the instrument's use, are the means by which these relations of numbers are obtained. All measuring instruments are subject to varying degrees of instrument error and measurement uncertainty. These instruments may range from simple objects such as rulers and stopwatches to electron microscopes and particle accelerators. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measuring_instrument)
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- measuring apparatus
In other languages
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French
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appareil de mesure
URI
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