noun
- The position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape.
- usage: "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"
- An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.
- usage: "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"
- synonyms: turning point, watershed
- A mark showing the boundary of a piece of land.
- 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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