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Source of package openstax.measurement · OpenStax University Physics, ch. 1 Units and Measurement, module m58274
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<term>accuracy</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1168328238378">the degree to which a measured value agrees with an accepted reference value for that measurement</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: AccurateWhenDiscrepancyWithinTolerance, NotAccurateWhenDiscrepancyExceedsTolerance, PrecisionDoesNotImplyAccuracy
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<term>discrepancy</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1168327873821">the difference between the measured value and a given standard or expected value</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: DiscrepancyFromAccepted, accepted_reference_value
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<term>percent uncertainty</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1168328290905">the ratio of the uncertainty of a measurement to the measured value, expressed as a percentage</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: PercentUncertaintyFromRatio
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<term>precision</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1168328357317">the degree to which repeated measurements agree with each other</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: NotPreciseWhenUncertaintyExceedsTolerance, PreciseWhenUncertaintyWithinTolerance, PrecisionDoesNotImplyAccuracy
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<term>significant figures</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1168328367297">used to express the precision of a measuring tool used to measure a value</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: LeastPreciseFactorLimitsFigures, ReportedFiguresExceedAllowed, computed_from, significant_figures
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<term>uncertainty</term>
<meaning id="fs-id1168328329079">a quantitative measure of how much measured values deviate from one another</meaning>
</definition>Referencing norms: stated_uncertainty, tolerance
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