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STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does standard of measurement mean? 

STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT (noun)
  The noun STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT has 1 sense:

1. accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or comparedplay

  Familiarity information: STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

gauge; standard of measurement

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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