OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27283

benchmark

/ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acotación referencial • cota de referencia • estándar de comparación • marca comparativa
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one…
Near-synonym: criterion
acotación • cota • marca topográfica • punto de referencia
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
Near-synonym: datum
Phrases