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of measurement
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02194
Result of a measurement minus the true value of the @[email protected] Since a true value cannot be determined, in practice the @[email protected] is used.
See also:
measurement result
Sources:
Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 6 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1994, 66, 595. (Nomenclature for the presentation of results of chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 601 [Terms] [Paper]
VIM [Terms] [Source]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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