GOLD STANDARD Definition & Meaning

gold standard

noun

a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.

gold standard

noun

a monetary system in which the unit of currency is defined with reference to gold
the supreme example of something against which others are judged or measured
the current gold standard for breast cancer detection

gold standard

A system in which a nation's currency has a value measured in gold and can be exchanged for gold. Most nations, including the United States, went off the gold standard in the 1930s.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gold standard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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"Lithium is the gold standard of care, but in the UK we don't use it enough," he says.

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Even if a filmmaker is trying to fall on the serious side, they have to know that any shark movie will be held against the gold standard of “Jaws.”

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The gold standard in identification is of course DNA analysis.

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However, using an fMRI machine is considered the gold standard for mapping brain function, said Dr. Tristan Yates, a cognitive neuroscientist at Columbia University who studies perception and memory in early life.

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Although the devices have become increasingly accurate, their reliability still varies, and many have not been validated against polysomnography, the gold standard for sleep measurement.

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