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Bench mark   /bɛntʃ mɑrk/   Listen
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Bench  n.  (pl. benches)  
1.
A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. "Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs."
2.
A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
3.
The seat where judges sit in court. "To pluck down justice from your awful bench."
4.
The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
5.
A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
6.
A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
Bench mark (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. See bench mark in the vocabulary.
Bench of bishops, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council.
Bench plane, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes.
Bench show, an exhibition of dogs.
Bench table (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.


bench mark, benchmark  n.  (Surveying)
1.
Any permanent mark to which other levels may be referred. such as:
(a)
A horizontal mark at the water's edge with reference to which the height of tides and floods may be measured.
(b)
A surveyer's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point.
2.
Something serving as a standard by which related items may be judged; as, his painting sets the benchmark of quality.
3.
A test or series of tests designed to compare the qualities or performance of different devices of the same type. Certain sets of computer programs are much used as benchmarks for comparing the performance of different computers, especially by comparing the time it takes to complete a test.





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"Bench mark" Quotes from Famous Books



... director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund. Its members not only prepared a comprehensive survey of the condition of civil rights in America but also presented to the President on 29 October 1947 a far-reaching series of recommendations, in effect a program for corrective action that would serve as a bench mark for civil rights progress for ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.
... preferably on the top of the tube. At each visit the observer should pull the float wire down a short distance, and allow it to return slowly, thus making a vertical mark on the diagram, and should then measure the actual level of the surface of the water below the bench mark in the hut, so that the water line on the chart can be referred to ordnance datum. He should also note the correct time from his watch, so as to subsequently rectify any inaccuracy in the rate of revolution of ...
— The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns • Henry C. Adams


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