Look up: standard

1. Standard
   In architecture, the name standard has been variously applied formerly to various articles of furniture which were too ponderous to be easily removed, as to large chests, the massive candlesticks placed before altars in churches, etc. The name is also applied to the vertical iron bars in a window. I...
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2. standard
   Type: Term Pronunciation: stan′dărd Definitions: 1. Something that serves as a basis for comparison; a technical specification or written report by experts. See: standard substance
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3. Standard
   Those plants, especially roses, that are grown so all the branches are brought to a head on one single stem. A standard can also be a full size fruit tree. This is done strictly for esthetics.
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4. standard
   [Noun] A level of quality.
   Example: The current standards of spelling are not acceptable in letters to our customers.
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5. Standard
   A carefully trained form of tree, shrub or other woody plant with a head of foliage supported on a single bare stem. Half-standards have shorter stems.
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6. Standard
   A set of rules, specifications, instructions and directions to use a barcode or other automatic identification system to your profit. Usually issued by an organisation, e.g. LOGMARS, HIBCC, U.C.C, etc.
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7. Standard
   Mandatory requirements employed and enforced to prescribe a disciplined uniform approach to software development, that is, mandatory conventions and practices are in fact standards. [IEEE-STD-610]
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8. Standard
   The Standards (front & back) of a large format camera where you perform the 'movements'. (see Monorail, Movements & Technical)
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9. standard
   [adj] - (linguistics) conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers 2. [adj] - conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value 3. [adj] - established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence 4. [adj] - regularly and wid...
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10. Standard
    The long upright metal poles which constitute the vertical structure of a scaffold.
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11. Standard
    A non-upgraded, off the shelf Airsoft model.
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12. Standard
    A tree or shrub with a clear trunk or stem before the head of branches
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13. Standard
    The large, upright, uppermost petal.
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14. standard
    A device used either to act as a rallying-point for troops, or for signalling in battle, or for recognition in parades. Different units used different devices and soldiers would need to be able to recognise their own at a glance. Within a legion, there would be standards for the legion, cohort and century. There would also be standards for any cava…
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15. Standard
    See British Standard.
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16. standard
    That which is established as a measure or model to which others of a similar nature should conform.
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17. Standard
    a flag around which people rally. Today, term usually refers to the personal flag of a ruler, such as the Royal Standard of a British monarch. 1) - an identifying flag, equivalent to a color, carried by mounted or similar units. French - étendard Spanish - estandarte German - Standart Russian - shtandart Portuguese - estandarte Italian - stendardo …
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18. standard
    a machine frame, or main part of a frame, whose height greatly exceeds its width and its depth, but which is not composed of two legs. Its axis can be either straight or curved. If the frame has two vertical main parts, they are usually called 'standards'; if there is only one main part, the term 'c...
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19. Standard
    Stand'ard noun [ Old French estendart , French étendard , probably from Latin extendere to spread out, extend, but influenced by English stand . See Extend .] 1. A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a nation...
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20. Standard
    Stand'ard adjective 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...
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21. standard
    1. A flag; colours; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign. 'His armies, in the following day, On those fair plains their standards proud display.' (Fairfax) ... 2. That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; especially, the orig...
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22. standard
    stock adjective regularly and widely used or sold; `a standard size`; `a stock item`
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23. standard
    adjective commonly used or supplied; `standard procedure`; `standard car equipment`
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24. standard
    criterion noun 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`
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25. standard
    monetary standard noun the value behind the money in a monetary system
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