landmark (redirected from cephalometric landmark)

land·mark  (lndmärk)

n.

1. A prominent identifying feature of a landscape.

2. A fixed marker, such as a concrete block, that indicates a boundary line.

3. An event marking an important stage of development or a turning point in history.

4. A building or site with historical significance, especially one marked for preservation by a municipal or national government.

adj.

Having great import or significance: a landmark court ruling.

tr.v. land·marked, land·mark·ing, land·marks

To accord the status of a landmark to; declare to be a landmark.

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landmark [ˈlændˌmɑːk]

n

1. a prominent or well-known object in or feature of a particular landscape

2. an important or unique decision, event, fact, discovery, etc.

3. a boundary marker or signpost

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A feature, either natural or artificial, that can be accurately determined on the ground from a grid reference.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	landmark - the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark" position, place - the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"
	2.	landmark - 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" turning point, watershed juncture, occasion - an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" Fall of Man - (Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden of Eden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eventual death road to Damascus - a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians)
	3.	landmark - a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land point of reference, reference point, reference - an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" mearstone, meerestone, merestone - an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab
	4.	landmark - 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 anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" craniometric point - a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"

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landmark

noun

1. feature, spectacle, monument The Ambassador Hotel is a Los Angeles landmark.

2. milestone, turning point, watershed, critical point a landmark arms control treaty

3. boundary marker, cairn, benchmark, signpost, milepost an abandoned landmark on top of Townsville's Castle Hill

Translations

landmark [ˈlændmɑːk] N

1. (Naut) → marca f, señal f fija; (= boundary mark) → mojón m

2. (= well-known thing) → punto m de referencia

3. (= important event) → hito m
to be a landmark in history → marcar un hito en la historia, ser un hito histórico
it was a landmark case (Jur) → el caso sentó precedente

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landmark [ˈlændmɑː^rk]

n

(= building, natural feature) (visible from far away) → (point m de) repère m

(= sight) → monument m
Big Ben is one of London's most famous landmarks → Big Ben est l'un des monument les plus célèbres de Londres.

(fig) (= turning point) to be a landmark → faire date or époque

modif [case, decision, ruling] → qui fait jurisprudence

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landmark [ˈlændˌmɑːk] n → punto di riferimento; (event) → pietra miliare
a landmark in history → una pietra miliare nella storia

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landmark [ˈlændˌmɑːk] n → punto di riferimento; (event) → pietra miliare
a landmark in history → una pietra miliare nella storia

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landmark → مَعلَم pamětihodnost landmærke Wahrzeichen ορόσημο lugar conocido maamerkki repère znamenit objekat punto di riferimento ランドマーク 표지물 grenspaal landemerke punkt orientacyjny marco веха milstolpe สิ่งที่เป็นลักษณะเด่นของภูมิประเทศ sınır işareti điểm định vị 地标