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laboratories. Thanks to the work of the CIPM and to the coordination
by the BIPM, it is possible to compare measurements made in Europe,
in North America, in South Asia, or in a nation which has joined the
Metre Convention.

III Answer the questions:
1 What was the BIMP intended to do?
2 What is kept under the form of a “materialized measure”?
3 How is the scientific activity of the laboratories of the BIPM divided?
4 Who supervises and guides the BIPM’s work?
5 What kind of document was signed in October 1999?

IV Fill in the blanks with appropriate words:
1 The BIPM was intended to improve the 1 reelected
process of … and transfer between… 2 supervises
2 Only the unit of mass is keep uder the form 3 comparison
of a … . 4 elected
3 The CIPM … and … the BIPM’s work. 5 guides
4 Nowadays the BIPM continues to attend to 6 standardization
the … of physical measurements in the 7 quantities
world. 8 materialized
5 The other basic … of the SI are defined measure
today from physical … 9 standards
6 At the conference 18 members of the CIPM 10 constants
are …, half of which are … every four years.

V Give English equivalents of the following:
1 використовувати у всьому світі
2 наукова діяльність
3 узгодження міжнародних стандартів
4 керувати і направляти
5 підписати угоду
6 схвалити результати
7 відповідні засоби
8 завдяки праці
9 міжнародні стандарти вимірювання
10 порівнювати вимірювання
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