yardstick

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English - Turkish
ölçme çubuğu
mukayese standardı
{i} ayar
{i} yarda ölçeği
denek taşı
yarda çubuk
{i} bir yarda uzunluğundaki ölçü aracı
bir yardalık ölçü çubuğu
(Askeri) Mukayese standardı, kıstas
{i} ölçü, ölçüt, mihenk, denektaşı, miyar
(Ticaret) ölçü
mihenk
English - English
A measuring rod thirty-six inches long
A standard to which other measurements or comparisons are judged

Attacks against civilians in the capital remained relatively unchanged: 69 in March from 62 in February. ¶ However, another yardstick, the number of civilian deaths tracked by the Iraqi government, shot up last month after several months of decline.

If you use someone or something as a yardstick, you use them as a standard for comparison when you are judging other people or things. There has been no yardstick by which potential students can assess individual schools before signing up for a course
{i} criterion, standard of measurement; yard-long measuring stick (about 0.91 meters long)
a ruler or tape that is three feet long
A measuring rod thirty-six inches long, usually with a mark for each inch
a ruler or tape that is three feet long a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?
a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc

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