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metrology

Science of measurement and its application

Conceptacademic discipline branch of science academic majorQ394

Instance of: academic discipline
, branch of science
, academic major
Subclass of: physical science

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Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of units, crucial in linking human activities. Modern metrology has its roots in the French Revolution's political motivation to standardise units in France when a length standard taken from a natural source was proposed. This led to the creation of the decimal-based metric system in 1795, establishing a set of standards for other types of measurements. Several other countries adopted the metric system between 1795 and 1875; to ensure conformity between the countries, the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) was established by the Metre Convention. This has evolved into the International System of Units (SI) as a result of a resolution at the 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in 1960.

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Members / parts: scientific metrology
applied metrology
legal metrology
Practiced by: metrologist
Different from: meteorology
measure theory
mereology

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