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National Physical Laboratory

British  

noun

  1.  NPL.  a UK establishment founded in 1900 at Teddington to carry out research in physics and monitor standards of measurement

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Met has said the force used an LFR algorithm that did not exhibit bias following tests by the National Physical Laboratory.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

And it’s an easy lift to use systems that are already in place, pointed out James Allerton, an air quality scientist at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2023

The team extracted and sequenced DNA from a monitor at the National Physical Laboratory in suburban London.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 5, 2023

Today, the driver is data science, says Richard Brown, a metrologist at the UK National Physical Laboratory in Teddington.

From Scientific American • Nov. 23, 2022

The gauges included plug, ring, cylinder and screw gauges to the closest degrees of accuracy, which in practice are verified by the rigid inspection of the National Physical Laboratory.

From Women and War Work by Fraser, Helen

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