yardstick
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definition
noun
After tamping a few square feet, use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the tamped depth.
a measuring rod a yard long, typically divided into inches.
example
Measure the size of the glass with a 'yardstick' or folding rule.
Walking the grass with a 'yardstick' , she said, he measured for infractions.
You'll need a 'yardstick' , masking tape, and a partner for this test.
It is too easy to condemn the past by using as a 'yardstick' the standards of modern western democracies.
Spinoza is also right in his belief that truth is, in the end, our only 'yardstick' , and that to live by any other standard is to be the victim of circumstance.
Equality requires a common 'yardstick' , or measure of judgement, not a plurality of meanings.
Return on all assets or on all capital investment is not the only 'yardstick' available in measuring the performance of a business.
So you'll know then not to use your own excruciatingly exacting standards as a 'yardstick' for judging others this week, won't you?
Use a 'yardstick' or steel tape measure, never a cloth tape measure.
Hold for one second, record your measurement on the 'yardstick' , sit back up and repeat twice more.
After tamping a few square feet, use a 'yardstick' or a ruler to measure the tamped depth.
Another 'yardstick' by which to measure last night's debate was everything each candidate said entirely accurate.
They are the perfect twoseome, whose relationship is looked upon as solid and ideal, a 'yardstick' if you will for others to measure up to, an unshakeable bond.
It won't happen in a Sauber, of course, but at least the team have a perfect 'yardstick' with which to measure their car.
Next, using the 'yardstick' as a guide, pencil as many straight lines as you need for your quote.
Starr offers a 'yardstick' and a set of principles for evaluating our media and the political choices we make about those media.
Its implication is that the only 'yardstick' to measure commitment to community and industry is capital investment.
Aid as a share of GDP is the 'yardstick' that is typically used for international comparisons.
Diversity is still measured by the 'yardstick' developed by Russian scientist N I Vavilov half a century ago.
It could be overturned by Parliament, but at least parliament would have a 'yardstick' to measure itself by.
By this period, however, it had come to be recognised as a classic of the new genre, and a 'yardstick' against which to compare subsequent product.
Wilson and Jungner's criteria are a 'yardstick' against which a screening programme can be judged.
Then use that as the 'yardstick' to measure the entire piece and make the tough cuts that may need to be made.
the consumer price index, the government's 'yardstick' for the cost of living
This is a useful 'yardstick' when comparing highly indebted companies in a particular industry with lowly indebted ones.
league tables are not the only 'yardstick' of schools' performance
It is only at the end-point that, for want of a better 'yardstick' , a probabilistic test is applied.
Duration of combat and numbers of casualties aren't 'yardsticks' for measuring victory or failure.
Tape measures may stretch, 'yardsticks' may chip and rotary cutting mats may warp.
It should be able to establish 'yardsticks' by which to measure the quality and accountability of public services as well as a monitoring mechanism.
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