riigi hallatav juriidiline institutsioon (riigi etalonlabor vms), kelle ülesandeks on riigietalonide soetamine, säilitamine, uurimine ja kasutamine, institute (National Standard Laboratory, Designated Laboratory etc.) in a country that has a responsibility, sometimes set out legally, for the conservation of one or more national measurement standards

unit of distance used in navigation, equalling the average length of one minute of arc on a great circle of the earth, põhiühik kauguste mõõtmiseks merel