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• Standard time — is the result of synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time rather than using the local meridian as in local mean time or solar time. The time so set has come to be defined in terms of offsets… …   Wikipedia

• standard performance — standard operator performance A concept used in work measurement to achieve comparability between a range of observations, for determining standard overhead costs, and as the basis for the calculation of some performance related bonus schemes.… …   Big dictionary of business and management

• Standard scale — The standard scale is a system whereby financial criminal penalties (fines) in legislation have maximum levels set against a standard scale. Then, when inflation makes it necessary to increase the levels of the fines the legislators need to… …   Wikipedia

• Standard Occupational Classification System — This article is about the Standard Occupational Classification System (SOC) used in the United States. Similar SOC systems are used in other countries including the UK [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/methods quality/ns sec/soc2000.asp]… …   Wikipedia

• standard candle — noun the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin • Syn: ↑candle,… …   Useful english dictionary

• standard length — the measurement from the most anterior tip of the body to the midlateral posterior edge of the hypural plate (in fish with a hypural plate) or to the posterior end of the vertebral column (in fish lacking hypural plates). It may be restricted to… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Model railway scales — This page lists the most important model railway scale standards in the world. Most standards are regional, but some have followers in other parts of the world outside their native region, most notably NEM and NMRA. It should be noted that while… …   Wikipedia

• Rail transport modelling scales — Further information: Rail transport modelling scale standards One of the smallest (Z scale, 1:220) placed on the buffer bar of one of the largest (Live steam, 1:8) model locomotives. Rail transport modelling utilises a variety of scales (ratio… …   Wikipedia

• Long and short scales — The long and short scales are two of several different large number naming systems used throughout the world for integer powers of ten. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale whereas most English speaking… …   Wikipedia

• Time standard — A time standard is any officially recognized specification for measuring time: either the rate at which time passes; or points in time; or both. For example, the standard for civil time specifies both time intervals and time of day. A time scale… …   Wikipedia

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