whetstone

IPA: wˈɛtstoʊn

A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
(figurative) A stimulant.
An area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2693).
A large village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5597).
A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
A surname.
(computing) A synthetic benchmark for evaluating the power and performance of a computer, primarily based on floating-point arithmetic.
(computing) A single instruction of the Whetstone benchmark, often expressed as a value per second.
(computing) Alternative letter-case form of Whetstone (“benchmark”) [An area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2693).]

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