What does yardstick mean?

Definitions for yardstick
ˈyɑrdˌstɪkyard·stick

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. yardsticknoun

    a measure or standard used for comparison

    "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"

  2. yardstick, yard measurenoun

    a ruler or tape that is three feet long

Wiktionary

  1. yardsticknoun

    A measuring rod thirty-six inches long.

  2. yardsticknoun

    A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged.

Wikipedia

  1. yardstick

    A meterstick, metrestick, or yardstick is either a straightedge or foldable ruler used to measure length, and is especially common in the construction industry. They are often made of wood or plastic, and often have metal or plastic joints so that they can be folded together. Normal length of a meterstick made for the international market is either one or two meters, while a yardstick made for the U.S. market is typically one yard (3 feet or 0.9144 meters) long. Metersticks are usually divided with lines for each millimeter (1000 per meter) and numerical markings per centimeter (100 per meter), with numbers either in centi- or millimeter. Yardsticks are most often marked with a scale in inches, but sometimes also feature marks for foot increments. Hybrid sticks with more than one measurement system also exist, most notably those which have metric measurements on one side and U.S. customary units on the other side (or both on the same side). The "tumstock" (literally "thumbstick", meaning "inch-stick") invented in 1883 by the Swedish engineer Karl-Hilmer Johansson Kollén was the first such hybrid stick, and was developed with the goal to help Sweden convert to the metric system.

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  1. yardstick

    A yardstick is a standard or measure used for comparison or evaluation. It can be a literal tool, a measuring rod three feet long, or metaphorically, a criteria or benchmark against which to evaluate or judge something. It is generally used in making judgments or decisions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yardsticknoun

    a stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc

Wikidata

  1. Yardstick

    A yardstick is a straightedge used to physically measure lengths of up to a yard high. Yardsticks are flat wooden boards with markings at regular intervals.

Suggested Resources

  1. Yardstick

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yardstick in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yardstick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of yardstick in a Sentence

  1. Stuart Murray:

    What should be the yardstick is : Does it impact people's ability to have a normal and a functioning life ?

  2. Stephen Monroe:

    What we're trying to do is have a more consistent approach to things so we can use the same yardstick.

  3. Dwight D Eisenhower:

    I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem-and that yardstick is Is it good for America

  4. Brenda Mallory.Jan Hasselman:

    If they cut corners on the environmental analysis, this guidance would give us a yardstick to hold up to what the agencies did and argued they have n’t gone far enough.

  5. Tom Wheeler:

    There are only four rules in here, plus the yardstick for us to judge what is just and reasonable, there are no broad strokes ordering companies on how to do things. We want network operators to be as innovative as possible, and have revenue streams from consumer services that are unchanged so they can invest and build better networks.

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