maximum permissible measurement errormeasuring instrumentbasic termsmaximum permissible errorlimit of error <div class="ui-collapsible-content ui-body-inherit" aria-hidden="false"> <p class="NoteEx">Note 1 Usually the term “maximum permissible errors” or “limits of error” are used, where there are two extreme values.</p> <p class="NoteEx">Note 2 The term “tolerance” should not be used to designate 'maximum permissible error'.</p> <p class="Reference">[OIML V2-200:2012, 4.26]</p> <p class="NoteEx">Note 3 Usually the term “maximum permissible error” is abbreviated to “MPE”, or “mpe”.</p> </div>