General Question  ah020387's avatar  What does Criteria mean in
this sentence?  Asked by ah020387 (49 points ) November 21st,
2010  What does ‘criteria’ mean in the following sentence:
Cyclone is a weather system that fits all the criteria for a
hurricane  Observing members: 0 Composing members: 0  7 Answers
jazzjeppe's avatar  Basically means that it might as well be
called a hurricane? I guess?  jaytkay's avatar  Hi, @ah020387.
Welcome to Fluther!  Criteria is the plural of criterion.
Criterion: a characterizing mark or trait  So in that sentence,
it means cyclones are hurricanes. They have all the traits of
hurricanes.  Jeruba's avatar  This would mean that there are
several defining characteristics of a hurricane—tests or
questions that determine if it’s a real hurricane. Those
characteristics are criteria. (One of them is a criterion.) The
sentence says that a cyclone meets those tests, and the
implication is that it can therefore be called a hurricane.
laureth's avatar  If you made a checklist of all