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The "estimated" sign is a mark required to be appended to the nominal mass or volume printed on prepackaged goods for sale within the European Union. It certifies that the actual contents of the package comply with specified criteria for estimation: Image File history File links Estimated_sign. ...
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Estimation is approximate or uncertain calculation of a result, often based on approximate, uncertain, incomplete, or noisy inputs. ...
- the average quantity of product in a batch of prepackages shall not be less than the nominal quantity stated on the label
- the proportion of prepackages having a negative error greater than the tolerable negative error shall be sufficiently small for batches of prepackages to satisfy the requirements of the official reference test as tests specified in legilation;
- no prepackage having a negative error greater than twice the tolerable negative error may bear the estimated sign
The tolerable negative error is related to the nominal quantity and varies between 9% on prepackages nominally 50 g or ml or less, to 1.5% on packages nominally 1 kg or l or more. In mathematics, there are numerous methods for calculating the average or central tendency of a list of n numbers. ...
The gram or gramme, symbol g, is a unit of mass. ...
The millilitre (spelled milliliter in American English and German) is a metric unit of volume that is equal to one thousandth of a litre. ...
The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ...
The litre (spelled litre in Commonwealth English and liter in American English) is a unit of capacity. ...
The "estimated" sign looks like a minuscule "e", and its shape is precisely defined by an EU directive. This sign has been added to the Unicode list of characters, just as the symbol for the Euro has been, and can be considered a new basic character in a typeface. It is character U+212E (℮). Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
The euro (symbol: €; banking code: EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, collectively known as the Eurozone. ...
In typography, a typeface consists of a co-ordinated set of grapheme (i. ...
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References with typographic specifications
Use of the sign - Council Directive of 20 January 1976 [PDF file] on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making-up by weight or by volume of certain prepackaged products
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