Metrology| Metrology is defined by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) as "the science of measurement, embracing Both experiment and theoretical determinations at any level of uncertainty in...
History of measurement| Metrology has existed in some form or another since antiquity. The earliest forms of metrology were simply arbitrary standards set up by regional or local authorities, often based on practical measures such as...
Mechanisms of metrology| At the base of metrology is the definition, realisation and dissemination of units of measurement. Physical or chemical properties are quantised by assigning a property value in some multiple of a measurement unit. The basic 'lineage' of measurement standards...