yardstick
അളവുകോൽ
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
Aid as a share of GDP is the 'yardstick' that is typically used for international comparisons.
Another 'yardstick' by which to measure last night's debate was everything each candidate said entirely accurate.
Diversity is still measured by the 'yardstick' developed by Russian scientist N I Vavilov half a century ago.
Return on all assets or on all capital investment is not the only 'yardstick' available in measuring the performance of a business.
It is too easy to condemn the past by using as a 'yardstick' the standards of modern western democracies.
You'll need a 'yardstick' , masking tape, and a partner for this test.
Use a 'yardstick' or steel tape measure, never a cloth tape measure.
Measure the size of the glass with a 'yardstick' or folding rule.
It is only at the end-point that, for want of a better 'yardstick' , a probabilistic test is applied.
This is a useful 'yardstick' when comparing highly indebted companies in a particular industry with lowly indebted ones.
Next, using the 'yardstick' as a guide, pencil as many straight lines as you need for your quote.
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.
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.
Its implication is that the only 'yardstick' to measure commitment to community and industry is capital investment.
It could be overturned by Parliament, but at least parliament would have a 'yardstick' to measure itself by.
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.
Starr offers a 'yardstick' and a set of principles for evaluating our media and the political choices we make about those media.
Walking the grass with a 'yardstick' , she said, he measured for infractions.
After tamping a few square feet, use a 'yardstick' or a ruler to measure the tamped depth.
Equality requires a common 'yardstick' , or measure of judgement, not a plurality of meanings.
So you'll know then not to use your own excruciatingly exacting standards as a 'yardstick' for judging others this week, won't you?
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.
the consumer price index, the government's 'yardstick' for the cost of living
Hold for one second, record your measurement on the 'yardstick' , sit back up and repeat twice more.
league tables are not the only 'yardstick' of schools' performance
Progress towards democracy and towards freedom of press are the standard Western 'yardsticks' to judge how China is developing politically.
They may be regarded as convenient 'yardsticks' .
She grew up in bohemian SoHo, the eldest of three children, and regularly cites her mother's little sayings as 'yardsticks' by which she measures her unusual life.
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