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Unit 4

Results of the international activities

I Read and memorize the following words and word –
combinations:
consequence – наслідок
significant – важливий
approval – схвалення
equivalence – еквівалентність, рівноцінність
to stipulate – обумовлювати
comparable – порівнювальний
exactitude – точність
contention – суперечка
deviation – відхилення
reproducibility – відновлення
repeatability – повторюваність
to ensue – виходити в результаті
multitude – велика кількість
to contribute – робити внесок

II Read and translate the text.

As a consequence of these scientific activities, it has been
possible to sign such international recognition agreements as the
BNM/NBS agreement of 1989 (which has become the NIST). The
agreement concluded there was not any significant gap between the
American and French standards; this point turned out to be very
important for the approval of the French manufacturers of fastening
systems, within the scope of the American law (see the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) 1990). The result of these scientific works and
agreements of equivalence is that it is now possible for European
exporters to prove that they meet the requirements of many American
contracts which still stipulate that the supplier has to be “traceable to
NIST”. Hence metrology has lowered a technical obstacle to the
export of our products to the North American continent. More
generally, one of the goals of metrology is to make sure that a

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