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The measurability of a physical quantity implies the existence of a corresponding experimental macroscopic device, or measuring apparatus, M — equipped with a reading scale and with instructions on how to couple it with the physical system S under consideration — which has to fulfil a number of necessary requirements to be considered in the sequel.
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Beltrametti, E.G. (1990). Remarks on the Measurement of Discrete Physical Quantities. In: Miller, A.I. (eds) Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty. NATO ASI Series, vol 226. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8771-8_17
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