Criterion: alternatives and connections

A comparison point used to judge performance.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.

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To measure or determine with a gauge.

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A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.

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Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

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Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

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A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed…

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