standard of measurement
1standard of measurement — noun accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑gauge • Derivationally related forms: ↑gauge (for: ↑gauge) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
2standard — [stan′dərd] n. [ME < OFr estendard < Frank * standord, place of formation < Gmc * standan, to STAND + * ort, a place, orig., a point, akin to OE ord (see ODD): hence, orig., a standing place] 1. any figure or object, esp. a flag or… …
3standard deviation — (sd) a mathematical unit used to describe the spread or dispersion of a set of data. Each item in the data set has a deviation from the mean (the ordinary average) of the data. The standard deviation is computed by taking the squares of these… …
4standard volume — a unit sometimes used by chemists and physicists to measure the volumes of gases. The behavior of gases under ordinary conditions (not at very high pressures or very low temperatures) is governed by the Ideal Gas Law. This law says that the… …
5standard — (std) a traditional unit of volume used in northern Europe to measure the volume of finished lumber. The standard equals 165 cubic feet, which is equivalent to 1980 board feet or about 4.672 cubic meters …
6standard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. emblem, ensign; criterion, measure, grade, exemplar, norm, canon, prototype, ethics. adj. regulation, normal, conventional. See conformity, rule, measurement, degree. Ant., nonstandard, substandard.… …
7standard atmosphere — noun a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade • Syn: ↑atmosphere, ↑atm, ↑standard pressure • Hypernyms: ↑pressure unit • Hyponyms: ↑STP, ↑ …
8standard cell — noun a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force • Hypernyms: ↑voltaic cell, ↑galvanic cell, ↑primary cell • Hyponyms: ↑Clark cell, ↑Clark standard cell, ↑Weston cell, ↑cadmium cell …
9Standard Reference Method — or SRM is a system modern brewers use to measure color intensity, roughly darkness, of a beer or malted grain. This method involves the use of spectrophotometry to assign a number of degrees SRM to light intensity. The SRM number is defined as 10 …
10Standard cubic feet per minute — (SCFM) is the volumetric flow rate of a gas corrected to standardized conditions of temperature and pressure. It is equivalent to the molar flow rate by the ideal gas law. Conversion of SCFM to mass flow requires knowledge of the mixture averaged …
