Title: target examination uncertainty
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - target examination uncertainty
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10013
Status: current

Definition
Examination uncertainty specified as an acceptable fraction and decided on the basis of the intended use of examination results.

Note
Target examination uncertainty is a quantity.

Related Terms
- Examination uncertainty: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10004
- examination results: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09999

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 927 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10013/xml

Citation: Citation: 'target examination uncertainty' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10013
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