Chapter 2 Vocabulary: Scientific Measurement
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| Accuracy | The closeness of a measurement to the true value of what is being measured.
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| Accepted Value | A quantity used by general agreement of the scientific community.
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| Density | The ratio of the mass of an object to its volume.
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| Experimental Value | The quantitative result of an experimental measurement.
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| Percent Error | |accepted value - experimental value| / accepted value x 100
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| Precision | The reproducibility, under the same conditions, of a measurement.
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| Qualitative Measurement | A measurement which gives descriptive, nonnumeric results.
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| Quantitative Measurement | A measurement which gives definite, usually numeric results.
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| Scientific Notation | Expression of numbers in the form N x 10^n where N is equal to or greater than 1 and less than 10 and n is an integer.
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| Significant Figures | All the digits that can be known precisely in a measurement, plus a last estimated digit.
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