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Standard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that sponsors tests to determine a cutscore for the test. To be legally
Standard-setting_study
Educational testing standards
Evaluation Standards, and The Student Evaluation Standards. Standard-setting study "The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing". www.apa.org
Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Standards_for_Educational_and_Psychological_Testing
Development of an action plan in order to achieve a goal
influenced by external factors. Such as the person assigning the goal, setting the standard for the person to achieve/perform. This influences the level of commitment
Goal_setting
Business efficiency technique
application of science to business problems and the use of time-study methods in standard setting and the planning of work were pioneered by Frederick Winslow
Time_and_motion_study
Coding guidelines by Gerald J. Holzmann
should be longer than what can be printed on a single sheet of paper in a standard format with one line per statement and one line per declaration. Typically
The Power of 10: Rules for Developing Safety-Critical Code
The_Power_of_10:_Rules_for_Developing_Safety-Critical_Code
Different standards of aging for females and males, in group and single settings
than they were when in a private setting. In a separate study conducted by Deutisch, Zalenski and Clark, a double standard of aging was evidenced in all
Double_standard_of_aging
Private US organization for accounting
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private standard-setting body whose primary purpose is to establish and improve Generally Accepted
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Financial_Accounting_Standards_Board
Standard form of Mandarin Chinese
Standard Chinese (simplified Chinese: 现代标准汉语; traditional Chinese: 現代標準漢語; pinyin: Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ), often colloquially called Mandarin Chinese
Standard_Chinese
countries to adopt the new system of standard time. In May 1899, in a break with the common international practice of setting one-hour intervals between adjacent
Time_in_Australia
Website, browser, or other software settings
involves setting boundaries and agreements with individuals, highlighting that once information is shared, it is now their information as well. In a study about
Privacy_settings
Time zone observed in India; UTC+05:30
Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset
Indian_Standard_Time
Statistical tenchnique for analyzing work
determination of the standard time for a manual manufacturing task. Similar techniques for calculating the standard time are time study, standard data, and predetermined
Work_sampling
1887 detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
this article: A Study in Scarlet Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Study in Scarlet. A Study in Scarlet at Standard Ebooks A Study in Scarlet at
A_Study_in_Scarlet
Dog breed
popular bloodlines, creating a genetic bottleneck. One study estimated that two average Standard Poodles are about as closely related as the offspring
Poodle
Dance style popularized by the Prancing J-Settes
J-Setting is a style of dance popularized by the Prancing J-Settes, the collegiate women's danceline of Jackson State University's Sonic Boom of the South
J-Setting
Technical standard
various sources, with the starting point being the responses provided by standard-setting and other relevant bodies to a survey that the IFRS Foundation conducted
International Financial Reporting Standards
International_Financial_Reporting_Standards
Practice of setting the clock forward by one hour in the United states
the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during the
Daylight saving time in the United States
Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States
Unification of conflicting standards
requirements that need to be retained, and provide a common framework for standards setting organizations (SSO) to adopt. In some instances, businesses come together
Harmonization_(standards)
Medical imaging technique
confirmed in a clinical interchangeability study. These methods have since been adopted as a clinical standard for accelerated MRI at several major medical
Magnetic_resonance_imaging
Vehicle emission standards
available technology is considered when setting the standards. New models introduced must meet current or planned standards, but minor lifecycle model revisions
European_emission_standards
Indo-Aryan language
markers: a comparative study on Google and Bing machine translation platforms". Aligarh Journal of Linguistics. 4 (1–2): 1. Modern Standard Urdu, a register
Urdu
Topic in phonetics
basis of articulation, also known as articulatory setting, is the default position or standard settings of a speaker's organs of articulation when ready
Basis_of_articulation
Statutory body in India
Standards Act, 2006 which was operationalized in year 2006. The FSSAI consists of a chairperson and 22 members. The FSSAI is responsible for setting standards
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
Food_Safety_and_Standards_Authority_of_India
Mathematics of a particle physics model
parameter in the Standard Model that is not dimensionless. It is also much smaller than the Planck scale and about twice the Higgs mass, setting the scale for
Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model
Mathematical_formulation_of_the_Standard_Model
International standard-setting body for Islamic financial services
The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) is an international standard-setting body of regulatory and supervisory agencies that aims to promote the soundness
Islamic Financial Services Board
Islamic_Financial_Services_Board
Assessment based on specified standards
educational setting, standards-based assessment is assessment that relies on the evaluation of student understanding with respect to agreed-upon standards, also
Standards-based_assessment
Non-profit accounting standards organization
technical standard-setting work (the Standards Board), in order to better align its structure with traditional financial standard-setting organizations
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Sustainability_Accounting_Standards_Board
Reference point for tuning musical instruments
has varied widely over time. The ISO defines international standard pitch as A440, setting 440 Hz as the frequency of the A above middle C. Frequencies
Concert_pitch
Set of social responsibility initiatives by the gambling industry
intervals showing the duration of the current session. Financial Caps: Settings for fixing deposit, loss, or session time limits within the software. Activity
Responsible_gambling
Specific form of a language or language cluster
of as less prestigious or "proper" than the standard. Linguists speak of both standard and non-standard (vernacular) varieties as equally complex, valid
Variety_(linguistics)
Study of how society shapes language and language use
Sociolinguistics is the descriptive and scientific study of how language is shaped by and used differently within any given society. The field largely
Sociolinguistics
Clinical trial stages using human subjects
Investigational New Drug (IND) Studies, but now generally adopted as standard practice. Phase 0 trials are also known as human microdosing studies and are designed
Phases_of_clinical_research
In-depth, detailed examination of a particular case
this rich knowledge of setting and circumstances. Beyond decisions about case selection and the subject and object of the study, decisions need to be made
Case_study
Form of scientific experiment
study (such as a drug, surgical procedure, medical device or diet), while the other groups receive an alternative treatment, a placebo, or standard care
Randomized_controlled_trial
Physical setting for a learning environment
Learning space or learning setting is a physical setting for a learning environment, a place in which teaching and learning occur. It may be an indoor
Learning_space
Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness
take care of hospitalized patients and deliver babies in a secondary care setting. Tertiary care medical services are provided by specialist teams of providers
Medicine
Procedure to estimate standard deviation from a sample
the estimated standard deviation to its known value (which can be calculated analytically for this digital filter), for several settings of α as a function
Unbiased estimation of standard deviation
Unbiased_estimation_of_standard_deviation
Standard, doctrine or system of conduct
Morality is a normative standard, doctrine, or system of conduct. It evaluates actions and character traits using criteria that vary across individuals
Morality
Middle quantile of a data set or probability distribution
to a member of the sample, is the medoid. There is no widely accepted standard notation for the median, but some authors represent the median of a variable
Median
Measure of the pure ethanol in an alcoholic beverage
Canada, Health (17 May 2013). "Alcohol use". www.canada.ca. "UVic study suggests setting minimum alcohol price could reduce deaths, hospital visits". Vancouver
Standard_drink
Dog breed
direct context, specifically by trial judges in a controlled course setting. A 2024 UK study found a life expectancy of 11.9 years for the breed compared to
Siberian_Husky
Substantially regularised variety of English
multiple standard varieties in different countries. Although standard English is usually associated with official communications and settings, it is diverse
Standard_English
common error made in setting timeliness standards is to allow no margin for error. As with other standards, timeliness standards should be set realistically
Performance rating (work measurement)
Performance_rating_(work_measurement)
Vehicle emission regulations
standards by that year. Other states were also facing similar air pollution issues at the same time, but fearing that setting too strict a standard would
United States vehicle emission standards
United_States_vehicle_emission_standards
Radiopharmaceutical medication
S2CID 231885243.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link) Clinical trial number NCT03511664 for "Study of 177Lu-PSMA-617 In Metastatic Castrate-Resistant
Lutetium (177Lu) vipivotide tetraxetan
Lutetium_(177Lu)_vipivotide_tetraxetan
ownership by Standard Chartered Group and 29.79% ownership by the Nepalese public. Based on a study by University of Nottingham, Standard Chartered Nepal
Standard_Chartered_Bank_Nepal
Seasonal change of clock settings
shift. However a Netherlands study found, against the majority of investigations, contrary or minimal effect. Year-round standard time (not year-round DST)
Daylight_saving_time
Series of social psychology experiments
treatment of human participants in Milgram's studies stimulated a thorough revision of the ethical standards of psychological research. Milgram vigorously
Milgram_experiment
Christian Bible whose translation or revision was produced by Protestants
Luther placed the Apocrypha in a separate section after the Old Testament, setting a precedent for the placement of these books in Protestant Bibles. The
Protestant_Bible
features a Persian standard-bearer holding a rectangular flag with a lion passant, holding a curved sword in front of the setting sun. Atop the flagpole
Flag_of_Iran
Bible edition containing additional scholarly information
International published the Logos International Study Bible in 1972. Based on the 1901 American Standard Version, it is essentially an updated version of
Study_Bible
Line between the poles with the same longitude
time). A standard meridian is a meridian used for determining standard time. For instance, the 30th meridian east (UTC+02:00) is the standard meridian
Meridian_(geography)
Stomach acid suppressing medication
secretion. It works by inactivating (H+/K+)-ATPase function in the stomach. The study of pantoprazole began in 1985, and it came into medical use in Germany in
Pantoprazole
Static pressure exerted by the weight of the Earth's atmosphere
(after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as 101.325 kPa (1
Atmospheric_pressure
E-book format
in September 2007, superseding the older Open eBook (OEB) standard. The Book Industry Study Group endorses EPUB 3 as the format of choice for packaging
EPUB
Medication used for spinal muscular atrophy
setting (link) Offord C (1 December 2016). "Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Near Approval". The Scientist.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link)
Nusinersen
Infection-control precautions in health care
home care, has not been defined. Consistent use of standard precautions may suffice in these settings, but more information is needed.[citation needed]
Transmission-based precautions
Transmission-based_precautions
Online collaborative writing project
including literature, music, short films, and video games. The fictional setting of the SCP universe revolves around the findings and activities of the
SCP_Foundation
Common speech variety of a specific population
which sifted language like grain. Once formed, its publications were standard-setting. Monolingual Alberto Accarisio: Vocabolario et grammatica con l'orthographia
Vernacular
Collection of information outside a laboratory, library or workplace setting
Field research, field studies, or fieldwork is the collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting. The approaches and methods
Field_research
countries, such as Denmark, most study takes place in a university setting. In others, such as the U.S., most study takes place during employment through
Actuarial credentialing and exams
Actuarial_credentialing_and_exams
Statistical method that summarizes and/or integrates data from multiple sources
is a scatter plot of standard error versus the effect size. It makes use of the fact that the smaller studies (thus larger standard errors) have more scatter
Meta-analysis
1611 English translation of the Bible
England. Over the 18th century, the KJV supplanted the Latin Vulgate as the standard version of scripture for English-speaking scholars. With the development
King_James_Version
Chemical compound
multicenter study". Annals of Neurology. 82 (4): 622–634. doi:10.1002/ana.25060. PMC 5665658. PMID 28980714.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link)
Flortaucipir_(18F)
Research methods manual
The Frascati Manual is a document setting forth the methodology for collecting statistics about research and development. The Manual was prepared and
Frascati_Manual
Corticosteroid anti-inflammatory drug
any confidence whether fluocinolone acetonide implants are superior to standard of care treatment for uveitis. A fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant
Fluocinolone_acetonide
Community restriction of languages or dialects to specific settings
"The 'Problem' of Diglossia in the Arab World: An Attitudinal Study of Modern Standard Arabic and the Arabic Dialects". Al-'Arabiyya. 30: 1–30. ISSN 0889-8731
Diglossia
Species of fish
Bagarius yarrelli has seldom been kept successful in a home aquarium setting. Some aquarists have attempted to house this species in home aquaria to
Bagarius_yarrelli
Variety of Standard German
sermon and prayers, are usually in Swiss Standard German. Generally in any educational setting Swiss Standard German is used (during lessons, lectures
Swiss_Standard_German
Traumatic events that occur during childhood
Supportive Trauma-Informed Culture for Children in Preschool Settings". Journal of Child and Family Studies. 24 (6): 1650–1659. doi:10.1007/s10826-014-9968-6. PMC 4419190
Adverse_childhood_experiences
Statistical model for a binary dependent variable
value for Yi* regardless of settings of explanatory variables. Similarly, an arbitrary scale parameter s is equivalent to setting the scale parameter to 1
Logistic_regression
Fundamental theorem in probability theory and statistics
distribution of a normalized version of the sample mean converges to a standard normal distribution. This holds even if the original variables themselves
Central_limit_theorem
2022. "BPCL and ONGC to jointly explore setting up a new refinery: Report | Company News - Business Standard". Archived from the original on 2024-09-03
List of oil refineries in India
List_of_oil_refineries_in_India
Metadata standard in digital images
manufacturers. The metadata tags defined in the Exif standard cover a broad spectrum: Camera settings: This includes static information such as the camera
Exif
Range to estimate an unknown parameter
{\displaystyle {\bar {X}}} and sample standard deviation S {\displaystyle S} and using the asymptotically standard normal quantity X ¯ − μ S / n {\displaystyle
Confidence_interval
Systematic study of people and cultures
societies". In the 21st century, anthropology focuses more on the study of people in urban settings and the use of kinship charts is seldom employed. In order
Ethnography
GABA receptor antagonist drug and benzodiazepine antidote
PET study of 44 patients". Brain. 126 (Pt 6): 1300–1318. doi:10.1093/brain/awg138. PMID 12764053.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link)
Flumazenil
Sequential model-based optimization of expensive black-box functions
objectives, and mixed or high-dimensional search spaces. In a standard single-objective setting, Bayesian optimization seeks a point x ⋆ ∈ a r g m i n x ∈
Bayesian_optimization
Full-size luxury SUV model from Lexus
deserts. The LX 570 comes standard with 20-inch wheels, a four-wheel electro-hydraulic suspension with an updated six-setting AHC system that can raise
Lexus_LX
Theory and technique of psychological measurement
publication presents and elaborates a set of standards for use in a variety of educational settings. The standards provide guidelines for designing, implementing
Psychometrics
Score from a test designed to assess intelligence
white students. Other recent studies have questioned the culture-fairness of IQ tests when used in South Africa. Standard intelligence tests, such as the
Intelligence_quotient
Accents typical of English in the US
term Standard American English, which he defines as a level of American English pronunciation "employed by educated speakers in formal settings", while
General_American_English
Independent education without the guidance of teachers
Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning, self-study, and self-teaching) is the practice of education without the guidance of
Autodidacticism
Political corruption in China
Rent-setting (also spelled as rent setting; simplified Chinese: 设租; traditional Chinese: 設租), also known as rent-creating, refers to the act of governments
Rent-setting
International trade association for airlines
1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, it has also organized tariff conferences that served
International Air Transport Association
International_Air_Transport_Association
Study of health and disease within a population
method to estimate mortality in crisis-affected and resource-poor settings: validation study." International Journal of Epidemiology 2010; 39:1584–96. Accessed:
Epidemiology
Scientific procedure performed to validate a hypothesis
number of dimensions, depending upon professional norms and standards in different fields of study. In some disciplines (e.g., psychology or political science)
Experiment
Application managing the iPhone home screen
WindowServer, launching and bootstrapping applications, and setting some of the device's settings on startup. Android's equivalent of iOS' SpringBoard would
SpringBoard
Pharmaceutical drug
ramucirumab fails PhIII breast cancer study". Retrieved 27 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link) Philippidis A. "Lilly's Cyramza
Ramucirumab
Type of two-dimensional barcode
encoding: numeric, alphanumeric, byte or binary, and kanji. Compared to standard UPC barcodes, the QR labeling system was applied beyond the automobile
QR_code
Prestige variety of Yue Chinese
and the Western world. With about 80 million total speakers as of 2023, standard Cantonese is by far the most spoken variant of Yue Chinese and non-Mandarin
Cantonese
Standardization (ISO) standards and other deliverables. For a complete and up-to-date list of all the ISO standards, see the ISO catalogue. The standards are protected
List_of_ISO_standards_1–1999
Gene therapy medication for hemophilia A
009. PMC 5835117. PMID 29292164.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link) Rosen S, Tiefenbacher S, Robinson M, Huang M, Srimani J, Mackenzie
Valoctocogene_roxaparvovec
Standards developing organization
electronic Case Report Forms (CRFs). ODM is often combined with the Study Data Model standard to more fully model trial arms or trial activities. ODM is also
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium
Clinical_Data_Interchange_Standards_Consortium
Social phenomenon by which being observed causes behavioral changes
poor, uncontrolled study from which no firm conclusions could be drawn. Elton Mayo later conducted two additional experiments to study the phenomenon: the
Hawthorne_effect
Chemical compound
01051-12. PMC 3553697. PMID 23147735.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link) Hazra S, Xu H, Blanchard JS (June 2014). "Tebipenem, a new carbapenem
Tebipenem_pivoxil
Variety of English language
English varieties has been the ongoing focus of systematic studies since the 1950s. Standard Canadian and General American English share identical or near-identical
Canadian_English
Protocol to manage public key certificates
JSON-formatted messages over HTTPS, has been published as an Internet Standard in RFC 8555 by its own chartered IETF working group. An automated certificate
Automatic Certificate Management Environment
Automatic_Certificate_Management_Environment
Game with physically enacted role-play
their selected characters. The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by real-world environments while interacting with each other
Live_action_role-playing_game
Obligation on a party to prove their case
evidence is one of the least demanding standards of proof. This proof standard is often used in administrative law settings and in some states to initiate Child
Burden_of_proof_(law)
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Stannard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, originally an Old English patronymic from Swēt(a) (see Sweet).English : from Middle English sweting ‘darling’, ‘sweetheart’, hence a nickname for a popular and attractive person, or for somebody who habitually addressed people with the term.
Male
Italian
Pet form of Italian Benedetto, BETTINO means "blessed."
Boy/Male
Native American
Setting sun.
Biblical
standard; miracle
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Yorkshire)
English (mainly Yorkshire) : from a Norman personal name, Tancard, composed of the Germanic words þank ‘thought’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.English (mainly Yorkshire) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of barrels and drinking vessels, or a nickname for a hardened drinker, from Middle English tankard ‘tub’, ‘cup’ (apparently a borrowing from Middle Dutch).
Girl/Female
Biblical
Standard, miracle.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Telugu, Thai
Horse; Standard
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria)
English (Northumbria) : occupational name for a breeder or keeper of horses, from Old English stÅd ‘stud’ or stott ‘inferior kind of horse’ + hierde ‘herdsman’, ‘keeper’. There is a difficulty in deriving this name from Old English stÅd in that stud is not recorded in the sense ‘collection of horses bred by one person’ until the 17th century; before that it denoted a place where horses were kept for breeding, but that sense does not combine naturally with ‘herdsman’.The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a short form of the personal name Cudbert (see Cuthbert).Americanized spelling of German Kötting or the variant Kotting (see Koetting).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : byname for a valiant or resolute person, from a reduced pronunciation of Middle English stalward, stalworth ‘stalwart’ (an Old English compound of stǣl ‘place’ + wierðe ‘worthy’).
Male
Hindi/Indian
Hindi name SHANDAR means "amazing, enhanced, brilliant, shining."Â
Girl/Female
Biblical
Standard, flight, temptation.
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Stable; Standard
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Stanford, for example in Bedfordshire, Kent, and Norfolk, or Stanford Dingley in Berkshire, Stanford in the Vale in Oxfordshire, or Stanford le Hope in Essex, etc., all named from Old English stÄn ‘stone’ + ford ‘ford’.An early bearer, Thomas Stanford of England, settled in Charlestown, MA, in the mid 17th century and started a family line that includes Leland Stanford (1824–93), the railroad developer who was governor of CA, a U.S. senator, and the founding benefactor of Stanford University.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stoddard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Standard Hill in Ninfield, Sussex.
Female
English
 Elaborated form of English Betty, BETTINA means "God is my oath." Compare with another form of Bettina.
Female
Italian
 Pet form of Italian Benedetta, BETTINA means "blessed." Compare with another form of Bettina.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : from the Middle English personal name Stanhard (Old English StÄnheard), composed of the elements stÄn ‘stone’ + heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Humble
Girl/Female
Egyptian
Mythical vulture goddess.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Toward Your Goal / Path
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Tamil
The world, The universe
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Hebrew
Champion; King of the Jews; Awesome with Sports
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Well Decorated
Female
Bulgarian
, victor of the people.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Winner of victory after victory
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Love for Lord Krishna
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n.
Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
a.
Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
a.
Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
n.
The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.
a.
Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders.
a.
Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
a.
Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.
n.
The act of providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience.
a.
Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
n.
The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
n.
That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
n.
The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.
a.
Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
n.
Anything used in fitting up
a.
Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
n.
The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; -- also called rotting. See Ret.
n.
That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
n.
A congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.
n.
The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
a.
Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.