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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An arbitrary standard to which exact conformity is forced.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a standard that is enforced uniformly without regard to individuality
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