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Measurement is the assignment of a number to a characteristic of an item. The chapter introduces the Meter Convention , the International System of Units (SI) , and Metrology —the science of measurement . It describes the methodology of measurement with measurement standards and traceability to the SI .
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Czichos, H. (2018). Measurement. In: Measurement, Testing and Sensor Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76385-9_1
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