a yardstick

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yardstick
A measuring rod thirty-six inches long
yardstick
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.

yardstick
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
yardstick
{i} criterion, standard of measurement; yard-long measuring stick (about 0.91 meters long)
yardstick
a ruler or tape that is three feet long
yardstick
A measuring rod thirty-six inches long, usually with a mark for each inch
yardstick
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?
yardstick
a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
yardstick
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc
a yardstick

    Расстановка переносов

    a yard·stick

    Турецкое произношение

    ı yärdstîk

    Произношение

    /ə ˈyärdˌstək/ /ə ˈjɑːrdˌstɪk/
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