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Old 6th May 2019, 12:26   #34
COLVERT
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Originally Posted by mss View Post
No - I actually mean low tolerances as in a a low number after the +/-. This is correct terminology.

You seem to be mixing up tolerance, precision and accuracy!

Refs. for your perusal

https://www.keyence.com/ss/products/...sic/tolerance/

https://labwrite.ncsu.edu/Experiment...yprecision.htm
No confusion !!!

I spent five years as an apprentice toolmaker for an aircraft company.

I was trained to use every tool and machine in the workshop and manufactured parts to a tolerance of a tenth of a thou.


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