The meaning of measurement in metrology

Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-41

  White, Rod ^a  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Definitions; Measurement; Metrology; Nominal; Ordinal; Scales

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650736279     PISSN: 09491775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00769-010-0698-1     Document Type: Article

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