Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun standard_of_measurement

1 sense of standard of measurement

Sense 1
gauge, standard of measurement -- (accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared)
       => standard, criterion, measure, touchstone -- (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work")