Some trends in research on the physics underlying metrology as the science of measurement are examined. The basic problems and the prospects for their solution are analyzed.
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This publication begins a series of articles by staff of VNIIMS devoted to the 110th anniversary of the institute.
Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 4, pp. 27–34, April, 2010.
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Bronnikov, K.A., Kalinin, M.I., Kononogov, S.A. et al. Current problems in fundamental metrology. Meas Tech 53, 391–401 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-010-9516-8
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