English-Thai Dictionary

touchstone

N มาตรฐาน ของ การ ทดสอบ  standard test mad-ta-ta-kan-tod-sob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOUCHSTONE

n.tuch'stone. [touch and stone. ] 1. A stone by which metals are examined; a black, smooth, glossy stone. The touchstone of the ancients was called lapis Lydius, from Lydia in Asia Minor, where it was found.
2. Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried; as money, the touchstone of common honesty.
Irish touchstone, is the basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's causey. This is said also to be an excellent touchstone.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOUCHSTONE

TOUCHSTONE Touch "stone `, n.

 

1. (Min. )

 

Defn: Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.

 

2. Fig. :

 

Defn: Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried. Hooker. The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits. South. Irish touchstone (Min. ), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

touchstone

touch stone |ˈtəCHˌstōn ˈtətʃˌstoʊn | ▶noun 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. • a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized: they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance.

 

Oxford Dictionary

touchstone

touch |stone |ˈtʌtʃstəʊn | ▶noun a piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the colour of the mark which they made on it. • a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized: they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

touchstone

touchstone noun the declaration was considered a touchstone for dissidents in the country: criterion, standard, yardstick, benchmark, barometer, bellwether, litmus test; measure, point of reference, norm, gauge, test, guide, exemplar, model, pattern.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

touchstone

touchstone noun pupil behaviour is a touchstone of the quality of the school system: criterion, standard, yardstick, benchmark, barometer, litmus test, indicator, indication; measure, point of reference, norm, gauge, reference, test, guide, guideline, exemplar, model, pattern.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

touchstone

t ó uch st ò ne 名詞 C 1 真価を試すもの [事 ]; 基準 .2 試金石 〘昔, 金 銀の純度を判定した石 〙.