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landmark
(mass) | landmark
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landmark
(encz) | landmark,mezník n: Zdeněk Brož |
landmark
(encz) | landmark,památka Pavel Cvrček |
landmark
(encz) | landmark,pamětihodnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Landmark
(gcide) | Landmark \Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark
a sign.]
1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or
fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a
heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or
other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
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2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;
some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
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3. A structure that has special significance, such as a
building with historical associations; especially, a
building that is protected from destruction or alteration
by special laws intended to preserve structures of
historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law.
[PJC]
4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as,
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil
rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark
court decision.
[PJC]
Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or
conditions are determined.
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landmark
(wn) | landmark
n 1: the position of a prominent or well-known object in a
particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a
convenient landmark"
2: an event marking a unique or important historical change of
course or one on which important developments depend; "the
agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
[syn: landmark, turning point, watershed]
3: a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
4: an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating
other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from
which measurements can be taken |
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Landmark
(gcide) | Landmark \Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark
a sign.]
1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or
fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a
heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or
other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;
some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
[1913 Webster]
3. A structure that has special significance, such as a
building with historical associations; especially, a
building that is protected from destruction or alteration
by special laws intended to preserve structures of
historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law.
[PJC]
4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as,
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil
rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark
court decision.
[PJC]
Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or
conditions are determined.
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Landmarks of history
(gcide) | Landmark \Land"mark`\, n. [AS. landmearc. See Land, and Mark
a sign.]
1. A mark to designate the boundary of land; any mark or
fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a
heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or
other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide;
some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
[1913 Webster]
3. A structure that has special significance, such as a
building with historical associations; especially, a
building that is protected from destruction or alteration
by special laws intended to preserve structures of
historical significance; as, a landmark preservation law.
[PJC]
4. An event or accomplishment of great significance; as,
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark of the civil
rights movement. Also used attributively, as a landmark
court decision.
[PJC]
Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or
conditions are determined.
[1913 Webster] |
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