mesurand

mesurand

[′mezh·ə‚rand]
(science and technology)
A quantity that is to be measured.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In recent years optical fiber has been used in sensing application such as temperature, vibration, strain and acoustics [1], Optical fiber sensor has been improved to measure another various physical properties, like light intensity, liquid level, radiation, chemical changes, and refractive index [2].It is designed to collect data by an optical fiber; the mesurand alters a specific physical property and causes a change in the characteristics of transmitted light along the optical fiber [3].
Design and fabrication of evanescent wavefiber optic sensor
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