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Noun: criterion (criteria)  krI'ti(u)reeun
  1. A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
    - standard, measure, touchstone
     
  2. The ideal in terms of which something can be judged
    - standard

Derived forms: criteria

See also: criterial

Type of: ideal, metric, system of measurement

Encyclopedia: Criterion

Nearest

crispness
crispy
crisscross
crisscrossed
cristal
Cristobal Balenciaga
Cristobal Colon
cristobalite
Cristoforo Colombo
criterial
criterion
criterional
crith
critic
critical
critical analysis
critical angle
critical appraisal
critical mass
critical point
critical review