significant fault (for associated measuring instruments other than CVDDs) #02084. OIML G18 Controlled Vocabulary

significant fault (for associated measuring instruments other than CVDDs) #02084

Scope note

for associated measuring instruments other than CVDDs this concept applies to the whole associated measuring instrument, or to the electronic part only, according to what is subject to the test.

fault, the magnitude of which is greater than half of the magnitude of the maximum permissible error for the relevant measurand. However a fault, the magnitude of which is smaller than 2 scale intervals of the associated measuring instrument is never considered as a significant fault