Definition of Yardstick. Meaning of Yardstick. Synonyms of Yardstick

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Definition of Yardstick

Yardstick
Yardstick Yard"stick`, n. A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.

Meaning of Yardstick from wikipedia

- A meterstick, metrestick, or yardstick is either a straightedge or foldable ruler used to measure length, and is especially common in the construction...
- The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in...
- average can be penalized. Such benchmarking studies are used to create yardstick comparisons, allowing outsiders to evaluate the performance of operators...
- Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are a rating scheme to summarise the energy efficiency of buildings. The building is given a rating between A (Very...
- considerably higher than those officially published. Using the relative yardstick favoured in many European countries, 27% of Chileans would be poor, according...
- Andrew Jackson), or double eagle. The $50 bill is sometimes called a yardstick, or a grant, after President Ulysses S. Grant. The $100 bill is called...
- Wittmann and DeGraff come to the conclusion that efforts to conceive a yardstick for measuring creoleness in any scientifically meaningful way have failed...
- His book Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. was published by Spiegel & Grau in November 2013. His...
- which other cities are included. Selection criteria may be based on a yardstick value (e.g., if the producer-service sector is the largest sector then...
- prototype physical standard of English length was an arm-length iron bar (a yardstick) held by the king at Winchester; the foot was then one-third of its length...