Simply put, stability is a measure of how much something varies from a
constant value.
A stable value doesn't mean an accurate value; accuracy is a measure of
how close to some standard value a device emits (in this case) or
measures, for a meter.
So, you could have something that's perfectly
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Stability vs. Accuracy
Simply put, stability is a measure of how much something varies from a
constant value.
A stable value doesn't mean
I'm not a scientist or engineer but have a question to those of you who are.
The many recent posts regarding the GPSDOs and comparisons between the various
ones have been comparing stability. How about accuracy compared with the
national frequency standard?
Are stability and accuracy the same?
