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Encyclopedia: International Committee for Weights and Measures

The International Committee for Weights and Measures is the English name of the Comité international des poids et mesures (CIPM, sometimes written in English Comité International des Poids et Mesures). It consists of eighteen persons from Member States of the Convention du Mètre (Metre Convention). Its principal task is to ensure world-wide uniformity in units of measurement and it does this by direct action or by submitting proposals to the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM, Conférence générale des poids et mesures). Note that the abbreviation ICWM does not exist.

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How to say "International Committee for Weights and Measures" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	国際度量衡委員会
	(German)	Internationale Kommission für Maß und Gewicht
	(French)	Comité international des poids et mesures
	(Italian)	Comité International des Poids et Mesures

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Second

International Committee for Weights and Measures, under the authority given it by the Tenth General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1954, defined the second in terms of the period of revolution of the... on Weights and Measures defined the second of atomic time in the International System of Units (SI...

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Decibel

the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) has recommended its inclusion in the SI system. History of Bels and Decibels A bel (symbol B ) is a unit of measure of ratios; (such as power... weightings are used for acoustical measurements to approximate the changes in sensitivity of the ear to...

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