STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared

Synonyms:

gauge; standard of measurement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("standard of measurement" is a kind of...):

criterion; measure; standard; touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)

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