Vocabulario Oiml

International Vocabulary
of Terms
in Legal Metrology

Vocabulaire International
des Termes
de Métrologie Légale

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International Vocabulary
of Terms
in Legal Metrology

Vocabulaire International
des Termes
de Métrologie Légale

International Vocabulary
of Terms in Legal Metrology

Vocabulaire International
des Termes de Métrologie Légale

E D I TI O N 2000

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CONTENTS

SOMMAIRE

Foreword................................................................................... 4

Avant-propos .............................................................................. 4

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Basic and general terms in metrology ................................ 5

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Termes de base et généraux de métrologie ........................ 5

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Basic terms in legal metrology ........................................... 7

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Termes de basede métrologie légale ................................. 7

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Legal metrology activities .................................................. 9

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Activités de métrologie légale ........................................... 9

3

Documents and marks within legal metrology ................... 15

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Documents et marques en métrologie légale ..................... 15

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Units andmeasuring instruments ..................................... 17

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Unités et instruments de mesure ....................................... 17

List of entries ............................................................................. 19

Liste des entrées ........................................................................ 19

English index............................................................................ 21

Index français ........................................................................... 22

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EDITION 2000

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FOREWORD

AVANT-PROPOS

he International Vocabulary of Terms in Legal
Metrology (VIML) is the result of work on the
harmonization of terminology used in the field of legal
metrology which has been carried out by Polandwithin the
OIML since 1961.

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The work was initiated by Professor Jan Obalski who
played a leading part in the preparation of the first edition of
the Vocabulary of Legal Metrology (VML) which was
sanctioned by the 3rd International Conference of Legal
Metrology in 1968 and published in 1969.

Le travail débuta à l’initiative du Prof. Jan Obalski qui
joua un rôle prépondérant dansla réalisation de la première
édition du Vocabulaire de Métrologie Légale (VML)
sanctionné par la 3ème Conférence Internationale de
Métrologie Légale en 1968 et publié en 1969.

The first edition was later completed by two addenda
sanctioned by the 4th and 5th International Conferences of
Legal Metrology in 1972 and 1976 respectively. The second
edition of the VML, which included thefirst edition of 1969
and the two addenda, was published in 1978 as a bilingual
French–English version.

La première édition fut ensuite complétée par deux
addenda sanctionnés par les 4ème et 5ème Conférences
Internationales de Métrologie Légale en 1972 et 1976
respectivement. La seconde édition du VML, comprenant la
première édition de 1969 et les deux addenda, fut publiée en
1978 en versionbilingue Français-Anglais.

The need to harmonize metrological terminology
worldwide resulted in the identification of general concepts
which form the basic terminology common to various
technical disciplines. Seven International Organizations
(BIPM, IEC, IFCC, ISO, IUPAC, IUPAP and OIML) thus jointly
prepared the International Vocabulary of Basic and General
Terms in Metrology (VIM)...