Title: examinational comparability
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - examinational comparability
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10017
Status: current

Definition
Comparability of examination results, for nominal properties of a given kind-of-nominal-property, that are examined and traceable to the same reference.

Example
Examination results for the colours of two different biological fluids are comparable when they are both traceable to the same colour chart.

Related Terms
- examination results: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09999
- kind-of-nominal-property: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09980
- nominal properties: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/09979

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 928 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)

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Citation: Citation: 'examinational comparability' 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.10017
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