Glossary

Metrological Traceability [MDCG 2022-2]

MDCG

Property of a measurement result whereby the result can be related to a reference through a documented unbroken chain of calibrations, each contributing to the measurement uncertainty. The metrological traceability chain is a sequence of measurement standards and calibrations that is used to relate a measurement result to a reference. Source: International vocabulary of metrology – Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM) 3rd edition

 

[Definition according to MDCG 2022-2 No. 4]