Download or read book Dictionary of Physiological Measurement written by Colin Barber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is intended as a handy pocket reference for all those involved in any way with physiological measurements. As our starting point we have taken school scienee, the last common ground that this diversity of specialities can be expected to share; so, in general, words that were met and defined at that level have been excluded. At the other end of the scale, specialist terms for which one would normally consult a large medical dictionary have not been included. There are exceptions to both of these rules where words have a particular meaning or a particular usefulness in this field. The guiding principle has been to produce a collection of everyday terms: a thoroughly practical lexicon in your own area and a help toward workaday fluency in the vocabulary of adjacent areas of this broad subject of Physiological Meas urement. We have tried to include some feeling for the size and nature of the things defined and to place them in their broader context, through liberal cross-referencing and through the appendices at the end. And in a field thick with acronyms we have included them as entries and spelled out their derivation as well as their meaning. If, after all this, we have left out any of your favourite words do, please, let us know. Colin Barber Brian Brown Rod Smallwood Acknowledgement The entry for 'Earth' is taken from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and is reproduced by kind permission of Douglas Adams.