This Standard covers transducers used in electrical and electronic measuring systems.

It is realized that this Standard may not be wholly suitable for transducers used in automatic control systems and in some other specialized applications.

Emphasis on the usability of this Standard in all types of written and verbal communications has been placed in the following order of precedence:

I) Users' and manufacturers' specifications, including catalogs and advertising.

II) Calibration and test procedures and reports.

III) Technical papers, educational and reference material, and periodicals.

IV) Other communications.

A recommended manner of assigning nomenclature to transducers is shown in Section 3.

Recommended terminology for transducer characteristics is shown in Section 4.

The word "simplified" (see 1.1.2) denotes the most brief, adequate definition which could be derived. The definition may be supplemented as deemed necessary by the user of the term.

Purpose

This Standard establishes:

Uniform nomenclature for transducers.

Uniform simplified terminology for transducer characteristics.