criterium
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See also: critérium
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Etymology 1[edit]
From French critérium (“competition”), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).
Noun[edit]
criterium (plural criteriums)
- (cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
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road-cycle race consisting of a closed circuit
Further reading[edit]
- criterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Road cycle racing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).
Noun[edit]
criterium
- Alternative form of criterion
- 1867, George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:
- There is no criterium of truth.
References[edit]
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “‖criterium”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN: “Latinized form of Gr. κριτήριον criterion, occas. used in English.”
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).
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Noun[edit]
criterium n (plural criteria or criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)
- criterion, standard for comparison and appreciation
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Descendants[edit]
- → Indonesian: kriteria
Noun[edit]
criterium n (plural criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)
- notably in cycling, race of low athletic merit
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