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Definition of Benchmark
1. Noun. A standard by which something can be measured or judged. "His painting sets the benchmark of quality"
2. Noun. A surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point.
Definition of Benchmark
1. Noun. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured. ¹
2. Noun. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Benchmark
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Benchmark
Literary usage of Benchmark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Physics of Plutonium Recycling: A Report by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (1995)
"The benchmark is for a single BWR MOX fuel assembly lattice, which tests the ...
In addition to these fundamental calculations, the benchmark tests derived ..."
2. Institutional Investors in the New Financial Landscape by H. J. Blommestein, Norbert Funke (1998)
"The benchmark There are two different, and complementary, perspectives on the
definition of a benchmark. The first one, which I will call the economic ..."
3. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"Moreover, their uncertainty component due to the assumptions on models and data
recommended in the benchmark specifications is evaluated by means of ..."
4. Proceedings of the Sixth Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"SS. and Concrete .Phase I ha.st Reactor w/ Mild Steel. SS. Sodium. Polyethylene.
Lead Karlsruhe Iron Sphere benchmark Experiment ..."
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