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Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Certified reference materials | | English term or phrase: empirical scales | Values assigned to the measurands can be
traceable to the International System of Units (SI)
or to an artefact (empirical scales). In the former
case, all input factors are calibrated with standards
whose values are traceable to the SI, whereas in
the latter cases arbitrary standards have been
used for at least one step in the calibration (e.g.
World Health Organisation primary reference
preparation in clinical chemistry, Vienna Standard
Mean Ocean Water (VSMOV) for chemical shift).
Plural of scale or scales? |
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| | English translation:plural | Explanation:
one artefact might provide more than one empirical scale, in which case it would have to be plural. Or it might not, in which case there is an arguable case for singular or plural. So I would go for plural. |
| Selected response from:
  Jack Doughty
Local time: 23:21
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| Summary of answers provided | | 4 +4 | plural | |
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peer agreement (net): +4
