criterion
noun
a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
criterions
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pluralof criterion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The people she served were mostly women whose dress, manners, and position in the social world were quoted as criterions.
From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
These constants, while they vary somewhat with any particular oil or fat, are more applicable to the edible products and are criterions where any adulteration of fat or oil is suspected.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen
With him the criterions of merit are propriety, taste, expediency, and fitness.
From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper
The teachers and the boys alike know that they are never true criterions of progress, that they are seldom even fair representations of the actual course of study.
From Maids Wives and Bachelors by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
But if these be fallible criterions, we will notice another that seldom deceives us.
From The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World by Charles Tomlinson
