Criterion

Criterion (: criteria) may refer to:

General

 * Criterion, Oregon, a historic unincorporated community in the United States
 * Criterion Place, a proposed skyscraper in West Yorkshire, England
 * Criterion Restaurant, in London, England
 * Criterion Stakes, a horse race in Newmarket, England
 * Criterion Summit, a mountain pass in Oregon, United States
 * Criterion Wind Project, a wind farm in Maryland, United States

Science and mathematics

 * Criteria air contaminants, air pollutants that cause smog, acid rain, and other health hazards
 * Criterion validity, in psychometrics, a measure of how well one variable or set of variables predicts an outcome
 * Criterion-referenced test, translates a test score into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person
 * Eisenstein's criterion, in mathematics, gives sufficient conditions for a polynomial to be irreducible over the rational numbers
 * Euler's criterion, in number theory concerning primes
 * Problem of the criterion, in epistemology, an issue regarding the starting point of knowledge
 * Weyl's criterion, used in mathematics in the theory of diophantine approximation

Publishing

 * Criterion (journal), the first philosophy journal in Catalan, published from 1925 to 1969
 * The Criterion, a British literary magazine published from 1922 to 1939
 * The Criterion (American magazine), a New York–based literary magazine published from 1896 to 1905
 * Jewish Criterion, a weekly newspaper in Pittsburgh, United States
 * The New Criterion, a New York–based monthly literary magazine founded in 1982

Entertainment

 * Criteria (band), an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska
 * Criteria Studios, recording studio in Miami, Florida
 * The Criterion Collection, a company that produces collector's edition DVDs and Blu-ray discs
 * Criterion Games, a video game developer in Guildford, England

Companies

 * Criteria CaixaCorp, an investment holding company.
 * Criterion Capital Partners, a global company which runs the social network Bebo