faultintrinsic errorerror of indicationmeasuring instrumentfault limitsignificant faultinfluence factorConstruction and operation of measuring instruments <div class="ui-collapsible-content ui-body-inherit" aria-hidden="false"> <p class="NoteEx">Note 1 Principally, a fault is the result of an undesired change of data contained in or flowing through an electronic <span class="AnchorInNote">measuring instrument</span>.</p> <p class="NoteEx">Note 2 From the definition it follows that a “fault” is a numerical value which is expressed either in a unit of measurement or as a relative value, for instance as a percentage.</p> </div>