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The Metrology Handbook.


The Metrology Handbook

Jay L. Bucher, editor

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2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill.
 edited by Jay L. Bucher (Manager of Metrology Services, Promega Corporation, and President, Bucherview Metrology Services), The Metrology Handbook is an impressive and complete introduction that begins with the history and philosophy of metrological calibration calibration /cal·i·bra·tion/ (kal?i-bra´shun) determination of the accuracy of an instrument, usually by measurement of its variation from a standard, to ascertain necessary correction factors. , then proceeds to extensive presentations on "Quality Systems"; "Metrology Concepts"; "Mathematics and Statistics: The Use in Measurement"; "Uncertainty in Measurement"; Measurement Parameters"; and "Managing A Metrology Department or Calibration Laboratory". A core and seminal seminal /sem·i·nal/ (sem´i-n'l) pertaining to semen or to a seed.

sem·i·nal
adj.
Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed.
 addition to professional and academic library collections, The Metrology Handbook is enhanced with a listing of professional associations, an article on "ASQ and Certification"; a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary.  of meterology and classification terminology; "Common Conversions", and an accompanying CD.
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