Glossary

absolute quantization error one-half the instrument resolution

absolute sensitivity coefficient change in a result due to an incremental change in a particular variable

absolute uncertainty uncertainty in a particular variable

accuracy closeness of agreement between a measured and true value

active requiring an external power supply to produce a voltage or current output

active filter filter composed of operational amplifiers, resistors, and capacitors

aleatory caused by inherent randomness and/or finite sampling

aliasing false lower frequencies created by a sampling rate less than twice the highest frequency of interest

almost-periodic comprised of two or more sinusoids of arbitrary frequencies

alternating current (AC) current varying ...

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