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• bench mark

語源

From bench +‎ mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/
• ハイフネーション: bench‧mark

名詞

benchmark (plural benchmarks)

1. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.

   Near-synonym: criterion

   • 2013 September 20, Marina Hyde, “Is the pope Catholic?”, in The Guardian:

     Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one pertaining to the lavatorial arrangements of bears.

   • 2024 November 8, Luz Pena, “California's gas prices could have major increase with passing of new fuel standards”, in ABC7 News:

     In a press release, CARB expanded on their decision. "The LCFS reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by setting a declining carbon intensity target for transportation fuels used in California; producers that don't meet established benchmarks buy credits from those that do. This system has generated $4 billion in annual private sector investment toward a cleaner transportation sector."

2. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

   Near-synonym: datum

3. (computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

派生語

動詞

benchmark (third-person singular simple present benchmarks, present participle benchmarking, simple past and past participle benchmarked)

1. (transitive) To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
   1. (intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
   2. (ambitransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.

同意語

• (UK) kitemark
• yardstick

派生語

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