Значение

значений: 2
  1. A measuring rod thirty-six inches (one yard) long.

  2. (переносно)A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.

    Maßstab

    арши́нaršín, ме́ркаmérka, мери́лоmerílo

Ещё определения
  • a ruler or tape that is three feet long
  • a measure or standard used for comparison

Примеры

предложений: 5
  1. The teacher picked up the yardstick and measured.

  2. A yardstick is 36 inches long.

  3. As yardsticks to measure the effectiveness of information retrieval there exist those called 'recall ratio' and 'precision ratio'.

  4. The simplicity, reliability, and effectiveness of their design would make it the yardstick against which all future firearms would be judged.

  5. Mr. Jackson picked up a yardstick and measured.

Переводы

языков: 7
Русский
По значениям 1
standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged:

Происхождение

From yard + stick.

From yard + stick.

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Формы

мн. число: yardsticks
Ед. числоyardstick
Мн. числоyardsticks

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Синонимы

синонимов: 7
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Связанныеmetre stick

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соседние слова
yardstick — значение, примеры, формы, синонимы | Krumeto