the verb “carved” (l.22) means to make something by dividing it into parts, especially wood or stone.

“breadth” (l.19) is the same as breath.

Common accreditation and testing of measuring standards and laboratories must be met so as to create a trustworthy international system.

Geographic and professional boundaries are supposed to be regarded as using a uniform system for measuring.

Distance and time can be advisably measured by the same process.

Flat pieces of wood must have a proper way of their own to be measured.

Never before has metrology been so firmly settled in our society that it is not likely to change its present status.

Metrology drew analogies with parts of the human body to build up a measuring device.

Metrology can now be considered an underrated issue in relation to the industrialized world.

In developing countries, technical regulations are yet to comply not only with compulsory internal requirements, but also with international level of quality.