landmark (n.)

  1. the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; the church steeple provided a convenient landmark'

  2. 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

    [ Syn: turning point , watershed ]

  3. a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land

  4. 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

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