Значення

значень: 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

Ще визначення
  • a ruler or tape that is three feet long
  • a measure or standard used for comparison

Приклади

речень: 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.

Русский
За значеннями 1
standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged:
Deutsch
За значеннями 1
standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged:

Походження

From yard + stick.

From yard + stick.

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Форми

множина: yardsticks
Однинаyardstick
Множинаyardsticks

правильне

Синоніми

синонімів: 7
Близькі за значенням

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 1
Пов’язаніmetre stick

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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