English-Danish translations for yardstick

• tommestok
  Humanitær folkeret er den tommestok, hvorved vi kan påvise, om den moralske pligt kun retorisk opfrisker os, eller om den faktisk tilvejebringer gerninger og aktiviteter. Humanitarian law is that yardstick by which we can show whether that moral obligation is just some kind of rhetorical stimulus for us or something that leads to deeds and action.

Definition of yardstick

• A measuring rod thirty-six inches long

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• yard
• Yard
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• courtyard
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