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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Criterion \Cri*te"ri*on\ (kr?-t?"r?-?n), n.; pl {Criteria}
(-?), sometimes {Criterions} (-?nz). [Gr. ????? a means for
judging, fr ???? decider, judge, fr ????? to separate. See
{Certain}.]
A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or
test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are
tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them
Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion.
--Donne.
Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. --Sir G.
C. Lewis.
Syn: Standard; measure; rule
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