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US
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiən/
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[ UK /kɹaɪtˈiəɹɪən/ ]
[ UK /kɹaɪtˈiəɹɪən/ ]
NOUN
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a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
they set the measure for all subsequent work
the schools comply with federal standards -
the ideal in terms of which something can be judged
they live by the standards of their community
How To Use criterion In A Sentence
- I concede that seniority should not be the sole criterion.
- Orr's criterion for possibility is conceivability.
- With the help of catastrophe criterion, the anomalism criterions of the crossfeed between dam body and foundation are acquired from the real contact area or fractal dimension curve vs.
- One crucial criterion in justifying a screening programme is that intervention is more effective in presymptomatic disease than after symptoms have appeared.
- Based on the similarity criterion, small lead test sample is used to carry on physical analogue experiment, confirmed the theory achievement's reliability to carry on the finite element analog.
- A proof may be messy, dreary, tedious, or look like a joke, but there must be an unequivocal criterion for its validity, even if accessible to but a few specialists.
- Furniture weighs suddenly turn hostile cozily : Furniture tide respect criterion incline to is muti_function with diversification.
- As with the CIA pick, I think this demonstrates that Obama's primary criterion for NASA administrator is loyalty to the President. Major General Jonathan Scott Gration Emerges as Possible Obama Choice for NASA Administrator - NASA Watch
- A less stringent criterion is whether a certain type of mutation occurs more often under conditions favorable to the survival of the resulting mutants.
- The wafer fabrication plant apparently did not meet either criterion, despite IDA claims to the contrary.