Calibration System Flashcards
Overview of the calibration team
Body that calibrates or performs calibrations and verifications.
Calibration Laboratory
The set of operations which establish under specified conditions, the relationship
between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, and the
corresponding standard or known values derived from standard.
Calibration
can be defined as adjustment.
of measured values close to the true value.
Calibration
Document that presents calibration results and other information relevant
to a calibration.
Calibration Report
Defined technical procedure for performing a calibration or verification.
Calibration Method
A standard recognized by an international agreement
to serve internationally as the basis for fixing the value of all other standards of the quantity concerned
International (measurement) Standard
A standard recognized by an official national decision to
serve in a country, as the basis for fixing the value of all other standards of the quantity concerned
National (measurement) Standard
The extreme values
of an error permitted by specifications, regulations, etc. for a given measuring instrument.
Limits of Permissible error (of a measuring instrument) or Tolerance
A material measure, measuring instrument, reference material or
system intended to define , realize, conserve or reproduce a unit or more known values of
a quantity to serve as a reference.
Measurement standard
All of the measuring instruments, measurement standards,
reference materials, and auxiliary apparatus that are necessary to perform a measurement.
This terms includes measuring equipment used in the course of testing and inspection, as
well as that used in calibration
Measuring and Test Equipment
The set of operations having the object of determining the value of a measurand.
Measurement
A quantity subjected to measurement; As appropriate this may be the “ measured
quantity” or the “ quantity to be measured”.
Measurand
A device intended to make a measurement, alone or in conjunction
with supplementary equipment.
Measuring instrument
A systematic and independent examination to determine whether quality
activities and related results comply with planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are
implemented effectively and are suitable to achieve objectives.
(Quality) Audit
A document stating the quality policy, quality system and quality practices
of an organization.
Quality manual