yardstick

English - Turkish

Definition of yardstick in English Turkish dictionary: ölçme çubuğu; mukayese standardı; {i} ayar; {i} yarda ölçeği; denek taşı; yarda çubuk; {i} bir yarda uzunluğundaki ölçü aracı; bir yardalık ölçü çubuğu; (Askeri) Mukayese standardı, kıstas; {i} ölçü, ölçüt, mihenk, denektaşı, miyar; (Ticaret) ölçü; mihenk

English - English

Definition of yardstick in English English dictionary: A measuring rod thirty-six inches long; A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged
Attacks against civilians in the capital remained relatively unchanged: 69 in March from 62 in February. ¶ However, another yardstick, the number of civilian deaths tracked by the Iraqi government, shot up last month after several months of decline.; If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things. There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course; {i} criterion, standard of measurement; yard-long measuring stick (about 0.91 meters long); a ruler or tape that is three feet long; A measuring rod thirty-six inches long, usually with a mark for each inch; a ruler or tape that is three feet long a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?; a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"; A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc
A yardstick: yardwand