yardstick

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

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

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   арши́нaršín, ме́ркаmérka, мери́лоmerílo

1. The teacher picked up the yardstick and measured.

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2. A yardstick is 36 inches long.

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

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

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

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