Translation of "mètre étalon " (French → English) :

international prototype of the metre

standard rod

standard rod

measures, standards and reference techniques | METRE [Abbr.]

Advisory Committee on Programme Management Measurements, Standards and Reference Techniques (Metre) - Nuclear

acoustic calibrator

400-metre hurdler [ 400-m hurdler ]

3000-metre steeplechaser [ 3000-m steeplechaser ]

Gold Exchange Standard | Gold Standard

224. When a machine is tested in relation to a relevant local standard for either acceptance or in-service limits of error by measurement of a known area on a surface representative of the kind of material for which the machine is designed, the machine is within both the acceptance and in-service limits of error in respect of that area and that kind of material if the area registered does not differ from the known area by more than 0.006 square metres or 1.5 per cent of the known area, whichever is greater, and, in the case of a machine measuring in Canadian units of measurement, 1/16 square foot or 1.5 per cent of the known area, whiche ...[+++]ver is greater.

1. The national standard for length in Canada realized, through the use of any device, in compliance with the definition passed by the 17 Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures as reported in the Comptes rendus de la 17 Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (1983) published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, and determined by the National Research Council of Canada pursuant to subparagraph 5(1)(c)(iv) of the National Research Council Act.