Outline of metrology and measurement

The following is a topical outline of the English language Wikipedia articles on the topic of metrology and measurement. Metrology is the science of measurement and its application.

Main articles

• Metrology
• Measurement

Metrology overviews

• Dimensional metrology
• Forensic metrology
• Historical metrology
• Smart Metrology
• Time metrology
• Quantum metrology

History

• History of measurement
• History of the metre

Concepts

• Quantification (science)
• Standard (metrology)
• Weights and measures
• Unit of measurement

Geodesy

• Geodesy - the science of measuring and representing the geometry, gravity, and spatial orientation of the Earth in temporally varying 3D.
• List of geodesists
• History of geodesy
• Physical geodesy
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• International Association of Geodesy

Systems and units

• Unit of measurement
• System of measurement

Systems of measurement

• System of measurement
• Metric system
• Unit prefixes
• Metric prefixes
• Orders of magnitude

Systems of units

• Centimetre–gram–second system of units

Scales

• Scale of temperature
• Conversion of scales of temperature

• Celsius
• Delisle scale
• Fahrenheit
• Gas mark
• Kelvin
• Leiden scale
• Newton scale
• Rankine scale
• Réaumur scale
• Rømer scale
• Wedgwood scale

Units

• Unit of measurement
• Base unit of measurement
• Natural units
• Dimensionless quantity

General Lists

Lists by type

Organizations

• International Bureau of Weights and Measures
• International Organization of Legal Metrology
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality
• National Physical Laboratory
• NCSL International
• Norwegian Metrology Service

Instruments and devices

• Coordinate-measuring machine
• Cylindrical coordinate measuring machine
• Universal measuring machine
• Pratt & Whitney Measurement Systems

Standards

• ISO 16610
• ISO 25178
• Josephson voltage standard
• Metre Convention
• Unified Code for Units of Measure
• International prototype metre
• International Prototype of the Kilogram

Lists

• List of humorous units of measurement
• List of unusual units of measurement
• List of obsolete units of measurement
• List of measuring instruments
• List of nautical units of measurement
• List of scientific units named after people
• List of international units
• List of SI electromagnetism units

Timelines

• Timeline of temperature and pressure measurement technology
• Timeline of time measurement technology

Journals

• Measurement
• Metrologia

See also

• Outline of the metric system

References

Bibliography

Books

Articles

Notes

Citations

External links