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Our starting point will be a well-defined physical object which is characterized by one or more properties, each of a quantitative nature.
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
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Gertsbakh, I. (2003). Introduction: Measurand and Measurement Errors. In: Measurement Theory for Engineers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08583-7_1
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