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Found 2 items, similar to Landmarks.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: landmark
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:
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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Landmark
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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