measuring instrument

device for measuring a physical quantity
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measuring instrument

Summary

measuring instrument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • measuring instrument is a type of measurement tool[2].
  • measuring instrument is part of measurement technique[3].
  • measuring instrument is part of measuring equipment[4].
  • measuring instrument is used for measurement[5].
  • measuring instrument's Commons category is recorded as Measuring instruments[6].
  • measuring instrument's said to be the same as is recorded as measurement tool[7].
  • measuring instrument comprises display device[8].
  • measuring instrument comprises sensor[9].
  • measuring instrument comprises metrological mechanism[10].
  • measuring instrument comprises measurement scale[11].
  • measuring instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Measuring instruments[12].
  • measuring instrument's Commons gallery is recorded as Measuring instrument[13].
  • measuring instrument's facet of is recorded as measurement[14].
  • measuring instrument's described by source is recorded as International Vocabulary of Metrology (3rd edition, 2012)[15].
  • measuring instrument's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • measuring instrument's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[17].
  • measuring instrument's topic has template is recorded as Template:Measuring instruments[18].
  • measuring instrument's has characteristic is recorded as resolution[19].
  • measuring instrument's has characteristic is recorded as sensitivity[20].
  • measuring instrument's has characteristic is recorded as accuracy[21].
  • measuring instrument's has characteristic is recorded as accuracy[22].
  • measuring instrument's has list is recorded as list of measuring devices[23].
  • measuring instrument's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Definition and Type

measuring instrument is a type of measurement tool[2].

Use and Application

measuring instrument is used for measurement[5]. Components include display device[8]; sensor[9], a physical technological component[25]; metrological mechanism[10]; and measurement scale[11]. Part of include measurement technique[3] and measuring equipment[4].

Why It Matters

measuring instrument ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of measurement
    Subclass of
    Has use measurement
    Topic's main category Category:Measuring instruments
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    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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