A landmark can be a sculpture or a sign that indicates something.
From the Latin fictus , the term milestone has different uses. It used to be used as a synonym for fixed, constant or unalterable , and also to refer to that which is immediate , although these meanings fell into disuse.
Other meanings that are no longer common are linked to the black horse that has no spots and to the person who is annoying when it comes to demanding something.
The milestone as a sign
Landmark, currently, is used to refer to the permanent sign that allows indicating a direction , a geographical location or a specific distance. These are usually sculptures or signs made of various materials . The Three Borders Landmark , for example, is an obelisk located where the Iguazú and Paraná rivers meet that marks the boundary between Argentina , Brazil and Paraguay . The Landmark to the Tropic of Capricorn , on the other hand, is a large sculpture that is located almost 30 kilometers from the town of Antofagasta , in Chilean territory.
The term is also used to mention a type of traffic signs that serve to indicate the distance between the beginning and end of a road so that they guide travelers. This type of signage is called a kilometer marker and is divided into two groups: a marker (it is a stone that is placed at the beginning and end of a road or railway, which also serves to delimit territories on farms) or a kilometer marker itself. said (it is a metal sign that usually has the name of the road and the section it runs on and is placed at the beginning of a road). It is worth mentioning that when the milestone is marked by numbers multiples of 10, it is called a miriametric milestone and if it is marked in miles, it is called a milestone .
The milestones of a baby's development contemplate the most relevant moments of their psychomotor growth process.
The concept in the United States
In the United States , a national historic landmark is known as a construction, place or thing that North American authorities recognize for its historical value.
When deciding on this valuation, those places that have been truly decisive for national history are considered - whether important events have occurred there, or whether some relevant person at a national level has lived there -, the spaces where the ideals that have come to life have come to life. forged the Nation or that symbolize the lifestyle of the citizens of the entire country and those archaeological sites that contain valuable information that can be used to understand the history of the country.
Milestone as an important event
A milestone is, on the other hand, an action, an event or a subject that is essential in a certain context , that is, it marks a before and after. For example: “Del Potro's triumph over Federer is a milestone in the history of Argentine tennis” , “The Woodstock festival was a milestone in North American rock that marked an entire generation” .
This same meaning of the term could include the developmental milestones of the human baby, where the process of psychomotor growth is contemplated, from when a child is born until it reaches childhood. Some of the most important milestones of the baby's evolutionary stage are: fixation of gaze, control of the head, muscle strength, use of hands and fingers and use of their sound organs to begin to communicate.
Other uses of the notion
A small nail that lacks a head and a game in which you have to nail said object to throw balls at it, are other meanings of the word milestone.
Finally, the term can also refer to a beacon element (to draw the attention of citizens and avoid accidents on a construction site, for example), called a vertex milestone. It is formed by two opposite isosceles triangles and contained in a semi-cylindrical device where the two opposite vertices indicate the divergent directions in which it can circulate.