kritērijs

Via some other European language, from New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “a judge”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).

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kritērijs m (1st declension)

1. criterion, criteria (essential characteristics that distinguish entities or phenomena; a test for comparing, distinguishing and evaluating them)

   zinātnisks kritērijs ― scientific criteria

   kvalitātes kritērijs ― quality criteria

   patiesības kritērijs ― truth crietria (philosophy)

   stingrs kritērijs ― strict criteria

   mākslinieciskās vērtības kritēriji ― artistic value criteria