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Absolute uncertainty: def

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The interval that a value is said to lie within, given with confidence

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Analogue apparatus

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Measuring apparatus such as rulers that require reading in experiments

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Prefixes

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Added to the front of units to represent a power of 10 change

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Repeatable:

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The same experiment can repeat a measurement using the same apparatus method and obtain the same results

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Reproducible:

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An experiment. An be repeated with diff apparatus and method but still obtain the same results

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Resolution of forces:

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The splitting of a force into its horizontal and vertical components.

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SI units:

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The standards units used in equations (metres)

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What is the first column for (variable) of a table

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Independent variable

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parallax error:

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when the pointer of a device changes from different angles ( like reading a measuring cylinder) because of the distance between the scale and the pointer

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