- 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...
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average can be penalized. Such
benchmarking studies are used to
create yardstick comparisons,
allowing outsiders to
evaluate the
performance of operators...
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considerably higher than
those officially published.
Using the
relative yardstick favoured in many
European countries, 27% of
Chileans would be poor, according...
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Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are a
rating scheme to
summarise the
energy efficiency of buildings. The
building is
given a
rating between A (Very...
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Standard Laser uses a
Portsmouth Yardstick of 1101 for
racing involving other classes. US
Sailing sets its
North American yardstick at DPN = 91.1. In
Europe the...
- His book Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon.
Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. was
published by
Spiegel & Grau in
November 2013. His...
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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...
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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...
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length becomes. If one were to
measure a
stretch of
coastline with a
yardstick, one
would get a
shorter result than if the same
stretch were measured...
