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Measurements are estimates

Measurements are estimates

Every measurement in physics is an estimate, because instruments have limited resolution and experiments vary slightly. A value like 0.248 m0.248 \,\text{m}0.248m or 12.6 V12.6 \,\text{V}12.6V is therefore never perfectly exact.

Measurements and uncertainties Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Physics
  3. /Measurements and uncertainties