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Measured quantity

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In a physical setting a measurement instrument may be gauged to measuring substances of a specific physical quantity. In such a context the specific physical quantity is called a measured quantity.

The synonymous notion "observable" often is used in the context of quantum mechanics.

Scientific models and ensuing mathematical models of a physical setting permit to calculate expected values of related non-measured physical quantities.

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Measured quantity Wikipedia