Definition of standard

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of standard is as below...

Standard (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver..

Lern More About Standard

Sign :: Sign (n.) A military emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
Error :: Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error..
Potential :: Potential (n.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force..
Heresy :: Heresy (n.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy..
Monometallism :: Monometallism (n.) The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism..
Rogue :: Rogue (v. t.) To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).
Utilitarianism :: Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
Atmo :: Atmo (n.) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0¡ Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris..
Normal :: Normal (a.) Standard; original; exact; typical.
Weber :: Weber (n.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re..
Plethora :: Plethora (n.) Overfullness; especially, excessive fullness of the blood vessels; repletion; that state of the blood vessels or of the system when the blood exceeds a healthy standard in quantity; hyperaemia; -- opposed to anaemia..
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
Diapason :: Diapason (n.) A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason..
Bedpost :: Bedpost (n.) One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
Standard :: Standard (n.) The sheth of a plow.
Normal :: Normal (a.) According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical..
Test :: Test (n.) Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.
Goblet :: Goblet (n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us