I'm thinking dipstick.

The point is that we have to have a context, a gauge for our actions in all this.

It is worthwhile to consider these limitations of GDP as a measure of wealth.

The seat of the College of Europe in Natolin, near Warsaw, is a near perfect barometer to test the morale of Europe.

And, from the onset of the global financial crisis, the price of gold has often been portrayed as a barometer of global economic insecurity.

The Committee also used the after tax per capita income figures obtained in the surveys as a measure of well being.

They are launched within days of a crisis and serve as a critical benchmark for framing initial life saving needs.

The need to review all United Nations decisions on questions of law and fact can be now measured against this decision.

Supporting this conclusion, they found that African American students who regarded the test as a measure of intelligence had more thoughts related to negative stereotypes of their group.

Found one of his dirigibles that had enough dimensions so I could actually use it as a scale that I would then juxtapose with some of the things in Rome.

On the surface, this may appear to be an objective yardstick. In reality, GDP growth is as malleable as an official s academic credentials.

So if you remember what we know about slope and y intercept, the y intercept is 52,847, which is, if you use this line as your measure, where this line intersects at year 0, or in 1995.

A more analytical way is just to see how much DNA you have in common and then use that as a measure of how far apart two animals are.

Engineers make smartphone accelerometer using these same methods but as you can picture it takes a series of detailed masks to create the intricate structure of a smartphone accelerometer.

The proportion of actual ties that exist in a team to all potential ties that could have emerged in a team is called network density and can be used as a measure of shared leadership.

The main form of cash benefit is the child allowance, which has in the course of its past development largely played the role of a social welfare measure and was less geared to the population policy goals.

Because work is unnecessary except to those whose power it secures, workers are shifted from relatively useful to relatively useless occupations as a measure to assure public order.

If such an estimate is not available, respondents are requested to suggest an average civilian wage rate that may be readily available and that the respondents believe might serve as a reasonable measure of opportunity cost.

Astonishingly, many interpret Germany s export boom and current account surplus, which measures these capital exports, as an indicator of the strength of Germany as an investment location.

This should serve as an environmental benchmark for future agreements including with the US, despite some American constituencies expectations that EU standards could be relaxed in a bilateral trade deal.

Although many observers accept a degree of subjectivity in the literature and peace prizes, the science prizes have long been assumed to be an objective measure of excellence.

If such an estimate is not available, respondents are requested to suggest an average civilian wage rate that may be readily available and that the respondents believe might serve as a reasonable measure of opportunity cost.

Despite the conclusion of various regional and global trade agreements (bilateral and multilateral) over the past decade, the Syrian economy remains protectionist if measured by the percentage of external trade and investment. Crude oil accounts for the bulk of Syrian exports (about 65 per cent).

The performance indicators will serve as a measuring stick to determine if the agreed level of output has been delivered, whether deadlines have been met and whether the output has reached the expected level of quality.

Another common measure used to judge a Chinese official s merit is his ability to deliver economic growth. On the surface, this may appear to be an objective yardstick.

Alternatively, using consumption as a measure, the wealthiest 20 of the population of the highest income countries account for 86 of total private consumption expenditures, while the poorest 20 worldwide account for just 1.3 .

And was there a bug in the acceptability test well in that the acceptability test didn't check this then yes but if you're going to use that as a metric, then you could argue that all bugs are bugs in acceptability test because they didn't catch all of the bugs which is of course infeasible.