Use the noun touchstone to describe a basis for comparison. For example, a filmmaker's touchstone might be her all time favorite movie; she wants her movie to be that good or similar to it in some way.
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See
Noun
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
n.
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to
test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the
stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
n.
Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing
are tried.
Touchstone
The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits.
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See
Usage Examples
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.
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