benchmark

  1. Noun.  A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
  2. Noun.  A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.

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