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A standard by which something can be measured or judged
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benchmark
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Benchmark may refer to:
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A standard by which something is evaluated or measured. 2 A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point. 3 (context computing English) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also bench-mark , "surveyor's point of reference," 1838, from a specialized surveyors' use of bench (n.) + mark (n.1); figurative sense is from 1884.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
benchmark \benchmark\, bench mark \bench mark\ (Surveying) Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. such as: A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and floods may be measured. a surveyer's ...
Usage examples of benchmark.
But even heterosexual monogamy within marriage, long considered to be the benchmark of normalcy, can be riddled with problems.
The value of writing that paragraph lay, first, in giving her proof that she could do it, and, second, in giving her a benchmark for rethinking and revising the rest of her book.
The thermoluminescence test was the benchmark of authenticity for all articles made of fired clay.
Since according to the steadily lengthening list of benchmarks being provided by the instrumentation there was no neurobiological basis for such enlargement, it had to be a scanner error.
Sonoma had often compared their wines with international benchmarks, and favorably so.
In the eighties, American concepts of dumbing down horror provided grim new benchmarks, reaching even lower.
Political campaigns are often orgies of deception, but the battle over Amendment 4 set a grimy new benchmark.
I hope this will be a benchmark for them all to see a continued increase, a kind of progress.
All his life he had been deeply irritated at the way people, particularly people of a liberal persuasion, particularly his father and mother, had got into the habit of using the Nazis as some kind of ready benchmark for things of which they disapproved.
His medical knowledge, love of unravelling mysteries and his brilliant idea of creating a central figure to run through all his stories, helped to establish a benchmark for all those who followed in the genre.
Carialle said, displaying star maps empty of neon-colored benchmarks or route vectors.
Imaginary, of course, visible only on benchmarking programs, but enhanced for your viewing pleasure.
This indicates the benchmarking codes for this sector," she said, activating the screen to show Cridi's star in relation to the nearest blue lines.
Figuring an average top income tax rate of 70 percent during the Ali years, and using the 1972 Consumer Price Index as our benchmark, Ruth's salary works out to the equivalent of $23.
Soon it would replace it as the world's benchmark currency, especially if the American financial markets were foolish enough to reopen later in the day.