standard (of measures)
1Standard — Stand ard, a. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: Having a… …
2Standard candle — Standard Stand ard, a. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence:… …
3Standard gauge — Standard Stand ard, a. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence:… …
4Standard solution — Standard Stand ard, a. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence:… …
5standard — (n.) mid 12c., flag or other conspicuous object to serve as a rallying point for a military force, from O.Fr. estandart, probably from Frankish *standhard, lit. stand fast or firm, a compound of words similar to Gothic standan to stand (see STAND …
6Standard gravity — Standard gravity, usually denoted by g 0 or g n, is the nominal acceleration due to gravity at the Earth s surface at sea level. By definition it is equal to exactly 9.80665 m/s2 (approx. 32.174 ft/s2). [The notation m/s2 means meters per second… …
7standard time — UK US noun [U] ► MEASURES the time that is officially used in a country or an area of a country: »In the fall, staff get paid an hour overtime during the return to standard time. → Compare DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME(Cf. ↑daylight saving time), GMT(Cf.… …
8Standard probability space — In probability theory, a standard probability space (called also Lebesgue Rokhlin probability space) is a probability space satisfying certain assumptions introduced by Vladimir Rokhlin in 1940 [1] . He showed that the unit interval endowed with… …
9standard — ▪ I. standard stan‧dard 1 [ˈstændəd ǁ ərd] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a level of quality, skill, ability, or achievement by which someone or something is judged, and that is considered good enough to be acceptable: • The airline has… …
10Standard of living in the United States — The standard of living in the United States is one of the top 20 in the world by the standards economists use as measures of standards of living. Per capita income is high but also less evenly distributed than in most other developed countries;… …
