As defined by the Multilateral Trade Negotiations "Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade" (Standards Code), a standard is a technical specification contained in a document that lays down characteristics of a product such as levels of quality, performance, safety, or dimensions. Standards may include, or deal exclusively with, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking, or labeling requirements as they apply to a product. The GATT Standards Code, negotiated and accepted during the Tokyo Round in the 1970s, is designed to eliminate the use of standards, technical regulations, and conformity assessment (certification) procedures as unnecessary barriers to trade. The Standards Code is administered by the GATT Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is responsible for several provisions of the Standards Code which relate to the establishment of a U.S. inquiry point, a standards information center, and a technical office for non-agricultural products.

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·noun The sheth of a plow.

II. Standard ·noun A large drinking cup.

III. Standard ·adj Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

IV. Standard ·noun The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.

V. Standard ·noun A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

VI. Standard ·adj Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.

VII. Standard ·noun The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.

VIII. Standard ·noun An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.

IX. Standard ·adj Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.

X. Standard ·noun That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.

XI. Standard ·noun An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.

XII. Standard ·noun A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.

XIII. Standard ·adj Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.

XIV. Standard ·noun That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; ·esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.