Measurement

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Measurement is the act of quantifying a property of an object or relation.

Accuracy and Precision

Accuracy is the measure of correctness of a measurement, precision is the measure of the repeatability of a measurement Systematic errors in the measuring equipment or technique can cause measurements to be incorrect.


http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/distance/sci122/SciLab/L5/measure.html