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Measurement standard

Measuring instrument, system or reference material used to define, conserve or reproduce a unit or one or more known values of a quantity for comparison or reference. translated. (from DIN 1319-1:1995-01)



Dimensional entities, measurement devices, reference material or measurement systems with the purpose of specifying, embodying, storing or reproducing a unit, or one or more dimensional values, so that they can be transferred to other measurement devices by comparison. (VDA Volume 6 Part 4)



Realization of the definition of a variable with specified variable value and associated measurement uncertainty used as a reference. (ISO 10012:2003; VDA Volume 5)

Reference Volume (and volume-specific, additional or differing definitions to the standard):
DIN 1319-1:1995-01

VDA Volume 6 Part 4

ISO 10012:2003

VDA Volume 5 Measurement and inspection processes
, 3rd, revised edition, July 2021