universal standard
Worldwide accepted measure
A universal standard is a specification, measure, or norm adopted across all contexts within its domain—a common benchmark everyone agrees to use.
The metric system is a universal standard for measurement in science.
Universal standards enable compatibility and communication: USB became a universal standard for device connections.
The phrase often appears in discussions of what should be standardized rather than what already is: Is there a universal standard for human rights?
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- goldElement seventy-nine
- measureUnit of quantity
- unit of measureStandard quantity for measurement
- metricStandard of measurement
metric system · baseline · norm · criterion · yardstick · gauge · template · blueprint · meter · kilogram · ISO · calibration · reference · prototype · specification · best practice · compliance · uniformity
universal standardparticularism
Prioritizing specific group interests
double standard · case-by-case basis · relativism · cultural relativism · sliding scale
universal standardunwritten rule
Implicit behavioral expectation
folk custom · tradition · convention · idiosyncrasy · irregularity
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