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touchstone

UK
/ˈtʌʧstəʊn/
US
/ˈtʌtʃstoʊn/

Übersetzungen

touchstonesubstantiv
touchstones
pl
UK
/ˈtʌʧstəʊn/
US
/ˈtʌtʃstoʊn/
The new software became the touchstone for all future developments.
Новое программное обеспечение стало эталоном для всех будущих разработок.
Honesty is the touchstone of a good relationship.
Честность — это критерий хороших отношений.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
камень для испытания золота
Synonyme
standard
criterion
benchmark
yardstick
measure
touchstoneadjektiv
UK
/ˈtʌtʃstəʊn/
US
/ˈtʌtʃstoʊn/
Used attributively before nouns to mean ‘serving as a test or standard’.

Definitionen

touchstonesubstantiv
A standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized.
The novel became a touchstone for modern American literature.
A piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark that they made on it.
The jeweler used a touchstone to determine the purity of the gold.
touchstoneadjektiv
Serving as a test, standard, or benchmark for judging something.
The court issued a touchstone decision that shaped future legislation.
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