Landmark - Definition

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: landmark, 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