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  1. noun A standard, rule, or test on which a judgment or decision can be based. See Synonyms at standard.
  2. usage note
    Like the analogous etymological plurals agenda and data, criteria is widely used as a singular form. Unlike them, however, it is not yet acceptable in that use.

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  • The Prentice criterion is a set of conditions that essentially specify the conditional independence of the impact of treatment on the true endpoint, given the surrogate endpoint. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The euro-Zone scores quite well on this criterion, and monetary integration seems to further improve the diversification of production structures. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The second selection criterion was the study of the recorded data set for the histone fluorescence intensity channel: the recorded intensities should decrease regularly due to photobleaching effect. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The second criterion is applied in order to avoid companies that show an apparently attractive yield, but that is not sustainable. —  Persfin
  • Per the panel of scholars, critics, professors, and media analysts that make up the judging panel for the Peabody Awards: "the Award is determined by one criterion -- Excellence." —  Animation Insider News
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  1. Greek kritērion, from kritēs, judge, from krīnein, to separate, judge; see krei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also less commonly criterium; = G. Danish kriterium = French criterium = Spanish Portuguese Italian criterio, from New Latin criterion, criterium, from Greek κπιτήριον, a test, a means of judging, from κριτής, a judge, from κρίνειν, judge: see critic.
 

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