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2. Vocabulary introduction
2.1 Basic concepts
Readers will notice that the 3rd edition, in its title, emphasizes the notion and importance of concepts. The title of the second edition was "International Vocabulary of Fundamental and General Terms in Metrology", while the 3rd edition is "International Vocabulary of Metrology – Fundamental and General Concepts and Associated Terms". Terminology is only used to express concepts.
Metrology is concerned with the measurement of generally quantifiable quantities (figure 1 ).
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Websites
The VIM can be downloaded from the BIPM website at the following address http://www.bipm.org/fr/publications/guides/vim.html
SI brochures http://www.bipm.org/fr/si/si_brochure
Standards and norms
- Vocabulaire international de métrologie - Concepts fondamentaux et généraux et termes associés (VIM). - ISO/IEC Guide 99:2007 -
- Quantities and units – Part 1: General information. - ISO 80000-1:2009 -
- Quantities and units – Part 9: Physical chemistry and molecular physics. - ISO 80000-9:2009 -
- Quantities and units – Part 12: Solid state physics. - ISO 80000-12:2009 -
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