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In the scientific instrument industry, measuring devices are tested and evaluated using various criteria. One test is for accuracy: how precisely does the instrument monitor changes in the variables it is designed to measure? Another test is for repeatability: will the instrument (or several different copies of the same instrument) consistently give an accurate reading when essentially similar conditions are duplicated time and again? A third test is for efficiency: does the instrument carry out the measurement rapidly and economically, taking full advantage of innovations in technology?

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