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Pressure Measurement Glossary

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Numeric

A

  • a
  • Abs
  • Absolute Pressure (Abs, a)
  • Accuracy
  • Ambient Air Pressure
  • at
  • atm
  • Atmospheric Pressure

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B

  • Barometric Pressure
  • bar
  • Best Straight Line (BSL)
  • Bonded Foil Strain Gauges (BFSG)
  • Bonded Seal
  • BFSG
  • BSL
  • Burst Pressure
  • Bourdon Tube

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C

  • Cardinal Points
  • Centimetres of H2O (cmH2O)
  • Centimetres of Water Gauge (cmWG)
  • Centimetres of Water Column (cmWC)
  • Centimetres of Mercury (cmHg)
  • Ceramic Pressure Sensors
  • Chemraz®
  • cmAq
  • cmH2O
  • cmHg
  • cmWC
  • cmWG
  • Compensated Temperature Range
  • Compound Pressure Ranges

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D

  • Deadband
  • Dead Weight Tester
  • Delta P
  • Delta Pressure (Delta P)
  • Diff
  • Differential Pressure (DP, Diff, Delta P)
  • Differential Pressure Sensor
  • Digital Compensation
  • DP
  • Dowty® Bonded Seal
  • DP Cell
  • Drift
  • Dry Cell
  • Dry/Dry
  • DWT
  • dyn/cm²
  • Dyne per Square Centimetre (dyn/cm²)

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E

  • EPDM
  • Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM)

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F

  • Feet of H2O (ftH2O)
  • Feet of Water Gauge (ftWG)
  • Feet of Water Column (ftWC)
  • FEP
  • Food Grade Compatible
  • FFKM
  • FKM
  • Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP)
  • Fluoroelastomer (FKM, Viton®)
  • Flush Diaphragm
  • FRO
  • FS
  • FSO
  • ftAq
  • ftH2O
  • ftWC
  • ftWG
  • Full Range Output (FRO)
  • Full Scale (FS)
  • Full Scale Output (FSO)

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G

  • Gauge Reference Pressure (g)
  • g/cm²
  • g Effect
  • gf/cm²
  • Grams per Square Centimetre (g/cm²)
  • Grams Force per Square Centimetre (gf/cm²)
  • Gravity (g)

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H

  • HART®
  • Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
  • Hectopascal (hPa)
  • Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART®)
  • hPa
  • HVAC
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Hygienic
  • Hysteresis

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I

  • Inch of H2O (inH2O)
  • Inch of Water Gauge (inWG)
  • Inches of Water Column (inWC)
  • Inch of Mercury (inHg)
  • inAq
  • Ingress Protection (IP) Rating
  • inH2O
  • inHg
  • inWC
  • inWG
  • IP Rating
  • Isolation Diaphragm

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K

  • Kalrez®
  • kg/cm²
  • kgf/cm²
  • Kilogram per Square Centimeter (kg/cm²)
  • Kilogram Force per Square Centimeter (kgf/cm²)
  • Kilopascal (kPa)
  • kPa

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L

  • lb/ft²
  • lbf/in²
  • lb/in²
  • LHR
  • Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT)
  • LVDT
  • Long Term Stability
  • Long Term Drift

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M

  • mAq
  • mb
  • mbar
  • mbr
  • Mean Sea Level (MSL)
  • Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
  • Mechanical Stop
  • Megapascal (MPa)
  • Metres of H2O (mH2O)
  • Metres of Water Gauge (mWG) or Metres of Water Column (mWC)
  • mH2O
  • Microns of Mercury (µHg)
  • Micrometres of Mercury (µmHg)
  • Millibar (mbar, mb or mbr)
  • Millimetres of H2O (mmH2O)
  • Millimetres of Water Gauge (mmWG)
  • Millimetres of Water Column (mmWC)
  • Millimetres of Mercury (mmHg)
  • Millitorr (mTorr)
  • Millivolt per Volt Output Signal (mV/V, mV/V/bar, mV/V/psi)
  • mmAq
  • mmH2O
  • mmHg
  • mmWC
  • mmWG
  • MPa
  • MSL
  • MTBF
  • mTorr
  • mV/V
  • mV/V/bar
  • mV/V/psi
  • mWC
  • mWG

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N

  • National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
  • NC
  • Negative Gauge Pressure
  • Newton per Square Metre (N/m2)
  • N/m2
  • NO
  • Non-Linearity
  • Normally Closed (NC)
  • Normally Open (NO)
  • NPL

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O

  • Ounce per Square Inch (oz/in²)
  • Ounce Force per Square Inch (ozf/in²)
  • Overpressure
  • Oxygen Clean
  • Oxygen Service
  • oz/in²
  • ozf/in²

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P

  • Pa
  • Parts Per Million (PPM)
  • Pascal (Pa)
  • Perfluoroelastomer (FFKM, Kalrez®, Chemraz®, Perlast®)
  • Perlast®
  • pfsf
  • pfsi
  • Piezoresistive Strain Gauges
  • Polyurethane (PUR, PU)
  • Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
  • Pounds per Square Foot (psf)
  • Pound Force per Square Foot (pfsf)
  • Pounds per Square Inch (psi or lb/in²)
  • Pound Force per Square Inch (pfsi or lbf/in²)
  • PPM
  • Precision
  • Pressure
  • Pressure Transducer
  • Pressure Transmitter
  • Primary Pressure Reference Standard
  • Proof Pressure
  • psf
  • psi
  • PU
  • PUR
  • PVC

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R

  • Rangeable
  • Ratiometric
  • Reference Pressure
  • Referred Temperature Error Band (RTE)
  • Repeatability
  • RTE

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S

  • Sealed Gauge Reference Pressure (SG)
  • Sea Level
  • Secondary Pressure Standards
  • Semiconductor Strain Gauges
  • SG
  • Silicon on Insulator (SOI)
  • Silicon Pressure Sensors
  • SOI
  • Span
  • Span Offset
  • Span Sensitivity
  • Specific Gravity (SG)
  • Square Root Extraction
  • Stability
  • Standard Atmosphere (atm)
  • Static Line Pressure
  • Suction Pressure

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T

  • Technical Atmosphere (at)
  • Temperature Compensation
  • Temperature Error
  • Temperature Error Band (TEB)
  • Terminal Straight Line (TSL)
  • TFSF
  • Thermal Hysteresis
  • Thermal Span or Sensitivity Shift (TSS)
  • Thermal Zero Shift (TZS)
  • Threshold
  • Tons per Square Foot (tsf), USA, Short
  • Tons Force per Square Foot (tfsf), USA, Short
  • Tons per Square Inch (tsi), UK, Long
  • Tons Force per Square Inch (tfsi), UK, Long
  • Tons per Square Inch (tsi), USA, Short
  • Tons Force per Square Inch (tfsi), USA, Short
  • Torr
  • Total Error Band (TEB)
  • Traceable Calibration
  • Transducer
  • Transmitter
  • TSF
  • TSL
  • TSS
  • Turndown Ratio
  • Tx
  • TZS

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U

  • UKAS
  • UKAS Calibration Certificate
  • United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)

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V

  • Vacuum
  • Vented Cable
  • Vented Gauge Reference Pressure (VG)
  • VG
  • Viton®

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W

  • Water Density
  • Wet/Dry
  • Wetted Parts
  • Wet/Wet
  • Wheatstone Bridge Strain Gauge

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Z

  • Zero Offset
  • Zero Tare

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Numeric

  • 1000 kg/m³
  • 1013.25 mbar abs
  • 2 wire
  • 29.92 inHg abs
  • 3 wire
  • 4 wire
  • 4-20mA Current Loop Output
  • 9.80665 m/s²

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