standard of measurement

Other forms: standards of measurement

Definitions of standard of measurement
  1. noun
    accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
    synonyms: gauge
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    type of:
    criterion, measure, standard, touchstone
    a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
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