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STANDARD , a.See also:term with three See also:main meanings: (I) an See also:ensign or See also:flag; (2) a fixed See also:weight, measure, value or quality established by See also:law or customarily recognized as a unit of comparison by which the correctness of others can be determined; (3) an upright or See also:standing See also:object, such as a large See also:candelabrum, or, particularly, a See also:fruit-See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree which stands without support. With regard to the derivation, the word which appears in most See also:European See also:languages, e.g. Du. standaard, Ger. Standarte, O. Fr. estandart, estendard, mod. etendard, Ital. stendale, stendardo, &c., is to be referred to the Teut. standan, to stand, and refers to the fixed See also:pole to which an object or a pole was attached. The " standard " as a military ensign was properly stationary and served as the See also:signal of the position of its owner on the ordered See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field of See also:battle. The O. Fr. See also:form estendard points to the See also:influence of See also:Lat. extendere, to spread out, extend, of the flag when hung upon the pole (see further FLAG for the various meanings of the word and its See also:history). The use of the term for a recognized unit of comparison is due probably to the fact that it is something fixed or set up, See also:stable, and not to any fanciful reference to the ensign or flag as the object to which one turns as a rallying-point. For the standard weights and See also:measures see WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and See also:STANDARDS See also:DEPARTMENT below. There are many other standards, such as See also:electrical standards (see See also:ELECTRICITY), standard solutions in See also:chemistry (q.v.) for the purpose of volumetric See also:analysis, &c. In See also:engineering, the component parts of See also:machines or other structures are " standardized " in accordance with agreed measurements. For " standard See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time " see TIME, STANDARD.
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