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Absolute uncertainty: def
The interval that a value is said to lie within, given with confidence
Analogue apparatus
Measuring apparatus such as rulers that require reading in experiments
Prefixes
Added to the front of units to represent a power of 10 change
Repeatable:
The same experiment can repeat a measurement using the same apparatus method and obtain the same results
Reproducible:
An experiment. An be repeated with diff apparatus and method but still obtain the same results
Resolution of forces:
The splitting of a force into its horizontal and vertical components.
SI units:
The standards units used in equations (metres)
What is the first column for (variable) of a table
Independent variable
parallax error:
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