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• standard 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: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• standard — [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… …   English World dictionary

• standard 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… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• standard 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… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• standard — (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 …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• standard — 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.… …   English dictionary for students

• standard 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, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• standard 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 …   Useful english dictionary

• Standard 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 …   Wikipedia

• Standard 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 …   Wikipedia

• Standard Dry Air — is a standard gas composition for dry air, intended to represent the bulk average air composition encountered at or around sea level. Despite its intent of being near sea level, the composition omits water vapour entirely, since the humidity and… …   Wikipedia