STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)