criterium

See also: critérium

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French critérium (“competition”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin criterium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).

Noun

criterium (plural criteriums)

1. (cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
2. Alternative form of criterion
   • 1867 George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:

     There is no criterium of truth.

Synonyms

• (bicycle racing): crit

Coordinate terms

• circuit race

See also

• criterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Road cycle racing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “criterium”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• tricerium

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Dutch

Etymology

From New Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).

Pronunciation

• criterium:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cri‧te‧ri‧um

Noun

criterium n (plural criteria or criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. (plural criteria) criterion, standard for comparison and appreciation
2. (plural criteriums) notably in cycling, race of low athletic merit

Derived terms

• (criterion): evaluatiecriterium
• (criterion): falsifieerbaarheidscriterium
• (race): wielercriterium