(law) In tort law, the degree of caution that a reasonable person should exercise in a given situation so as to avoid causing injury.

Alternative form of bog-standard.

Alternative spelling of substandard

The official language of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin and accepted as a lingua franca for Han communities worldwide.

plural of standard-bearer

A person who carries a flag or banner (a standard). / (figuratively) A person who visibly leads.

Alternative spelling of nonstandard

plural of standard candle

A relative measure of the quality of life a person or group has, often with per capita income (GNI or GDP) serving as a proxy measurement but with some notion of human development as the real (underlying) entity being measured.

(astronomy) Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated from its apparent magnitude.