"touchstone" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: metric, system of measurement - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
subtypes:
- benchmark - a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- earned run average, era - (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
- gpa, grade point average - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
- procrustean bed, procrustean rule, procrustean standard - a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
- yardstick - a measure or standard used for comparison
- medium of exchange, monetary system - anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region
- graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement - an ordered reference standard
- gauge, standard of measurement - accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
- baseline - an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
- norm - a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
same as: criterion, measure, standard