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Definition of Landmark
1. Noun. The position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape. "The church steeple provided a convenient landmark"
2. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Juncture, Occasion
Specialized synonyms: Fall Of Man, Road To Damascus
3. Noun. A mark showing the boundary of a piece of land.
Specialized synonyms: Mearstone, Meerestone, Merestone
4. Noun. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Craniometric Point
Category relationships: Surgery
Definition of Landmark
1. n. 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.
Definition of Landmark
1. Noun. a recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation ¹
2. Noun. a notable building or place with historical, cultural, or geographical significance ¹
3. Noun. a major or important item, denoting a change of direction or marking a beginning or an end ¹
4. Verb. (American English) To officially designate a site or building as a landmark. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landmark
1. to designate a building or site as a place of historical or aesthetic importance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Landmark
1. 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. 2. Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple. Landmarks of history, important events by which eras or conditions are determined. Origin: AS. Landmearc. See Land, and Mark a sign. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landmark
Literary usage of Landmark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lewis and Clark Road Trips: Exploring the Trail Across America by Kira Gale (2006)
"Bynum 47 D Two Medicine Fight Site, Cutbank 48 D Glacier County Museum, Cutbank
49 D Camp Disappointment Nat'l Historic landmark, Browning 50 D Museum of ..."
2. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead (1905)
"His disgrace an historical landmark. Foreign policy o! ... It is a great historical
landmark. Up to this time James had been busy in acquiring the powers ..."
3. The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries (1909)
"CYPRESS TREE A landmark ON the Court House grounds of the old Eagle County, in
the Choctaw Nation, stands a landmark that is known to every Choctaw Indian, ..."
4. Lutheran Landmarks and Pioneers in America: A Series of Sketches of Colonial by William John Finck (1913)
"The landmark which has this distinction in Lutheran Church history was reared in
the year 1740, and is, therefore, three years older than the venerated ..."
5. A System of Instruction in X-ray Methods and Medical Uses of Light, Hot-air by Samuel Howard Monell (1902)
"It is impossible to tamper with this evidence, or alter its plain findings if
the landmark is used as designed. If fraud was undertaken, ..."
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