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uncertainty of measurement
Parameter, associated with the result of a measurement, that characterizes the dispersion of the values that could reasonably be attributed to the measurand (the quantity being measured).
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/U06553.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/U06553.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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