1. Definitions
1.1 Measurement chain components
In a CIAME (Commission industrielle-administration pour la mesure) working group, sensor users and manufacturers have defined the language to be used.
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Sensor. Part of a measuring device used to obtain information about the quantity to be measured.
According to this definition, the sensor is necessarily the first transducer element.
Transducer. Element used to transform, according to a given law, the measured quantity (or a quantity already transformed from the measured quantity) into another quantity or another value of the same quantity with a specified accuracy, and which constitutes an assembly that can be used separately....
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