Noun(1) a measure or standard used for comparison,a ruler or tape that is three feet long,gauge(2) a measure or standard used for comparison(3) a ruler or tape that is three feet long(4) gauge
Noun(1) a measure or standard used for comparison,a ruler or tape that is three feet long,gauge(2) a measure or standard used for comparison(3) a ruler or tape that is three feet long(4) gauge
(1) Measure the size of the glass with a yardstick or folding rule.(2) Use a yardstick or steel tape measure, never a cloth tape measure.(3) So you'll know then not to use your own excruciatingly exacting standards as a yardstick for judging others this week, won't you?(4) They are the perfect twoseome, whose relationship is looked upon as solid and ideal, a yardstick if you will for others to measure up to, an unshakeable bond.(5) This is a useful yardstick when comparing highly indebted companies in a particular industry with lowly indebted ones.(6) Next, using the yardstick as a guide, pencil as many straight lines as you need for your quote.(7) Diversity is still measured by the yardstick developed by Russian scientist N I Vavilov half a century ago.(8) league tables are not the only yardstick of schools' performance(9) Spinoza is also right in his belief that truth is, in the end, our only yardstick , and that to live by any other standard is to be the victim of circumstance.(10) Then use that as the yardstick to measure the entire piece and make the tough cuts that may need to be made.(11) Hold for one second, record your measurement on the yardstick , sit back up and repeat twice more.(12) It is too easy to condemn the past by using as a yardstick the standards of modern western democracies.(13) Equality requires a common yardstick , or measure of judgement, not a plurality of meanings.(14) It is only at the end-point that, for want of a better yardstick , a probabilistic test is applied.(15) Another yardstick by which to measure last night's debate was everything each candidate said entirely accurate.(16) the consumer price index, the government's yardstick for the cost of living
