Accuracy: An instrument’s degree of veracity—how close its measurement comes to the actual or reference value of the signal being measured.
Resolution: The smallest increment an instrument can detect and display—hundredths, thousandths, millionths.
Range: The upper and lower limits an instrument can measure a value or signal such as amps, volts and ohms.
Precision: An instrument’s degree of repeatability—how reliably it can reproduce the same measurement over and over.
Click the individual tabs above to read more in-depth explanations of these terms as well as counts and digits.
An in-depth look at an indispensable tool