PIC 101

science of measurement and its application

• numerology

• meteorology

• metrology

• geometry

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

• characteristic

• quality

• quantity

• specification

quantity intended to be measured

• measurand

• attribute

• characteristic

• specification

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

• counting

• ranking

• valuation

• measurement

quantity value provided by a measuring instrument or a measuring system

• reading

• output

• display

• indication

phenomenon serving as a basis of a measurement

• measurement principle

• physical characteristic

• chemical characteristic

• reference characteristic

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

• measurement method

• measurement process

• measurement procedure

• measurement steps

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 methodology

• measurement process

• measurement procedure

• measurement steps

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

• measurement indication

• measurement display

• measurement output

• measurement result

device used for making measurements, alone or in conjunction with one or more supplementary devices

• ruler

• measuring instrument

• scale

• comparator