error

of measurement
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02194
Result of a measurement minus the true value of the measurand. Since a true value cannot be determined, in practice the conventional true value is used.
See also: measurement result
Sources:
Orange Book, 2nd ed., p. 6 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1994, 66, 595. (Nomenclature for the presentation of results of chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 601 [Terms] [Paper]
VIM [Terms] [Source]
Citation: 'error' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E02194 RIS BibTex EndNote
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