# Touchstone

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'''Touchstone''' may refer to:

* [Touchstone (assaying tool)](/source/Touchstone_(assaying_tool)), a stone used to identify precious metals
* [Touchstone (metaphor)](/source/Touchstone_(metaphor)), a means of assaying relative merits of a concept

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==Entertainment==

===Literature===

* ''[The Touch-Stone](/source/The_Touch-Stone)'', a 1728 satirical essay collection on London entertainments attributed to James Ralph
* [''The Touchstone'' (novella)](/source/The_Touchstone_(novella)), a novella by Edith Wharton
* [Touchstone (Garth Nix character)](/source/Touchstone_(Garth_Nix_character)), a fictional character from Garth Nix's ''Old Kingdom trilogy''

===Stage and film===
* [''The Touchstone'' (play)](/source/The_Touchstone_(play)), an 1817 comedy play by James Kenney
* [Touchstone (''As You Like It'')](/source/Touchstone_(As_You_Like_It)), a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''
* [''Prem Kahani'' (1937 film)](/source/Prem_Kahani_(1937_film)), working title ''Touchstone'', an Indian romantic drama film
* [Touchstone (''Stargate SG-1'')](/source/Touchstone_(Stargate_SG-1)), an episode of the television series ''Stargate SG-1''

===Music===
* [Touchstone (band)](/source/Touchstone_(band)), rock group from the U.K.
* [''Touchstone'' (album)](/source/Touchstone_(album)), a 1982 album by Chick Corea
* [''The Touchstone'' (album)](/source/The_Touchstone_(album)), by British jazz trio Azimuth
* Touchstone, an Irish-music band fronted by [Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill](/source/Tr%C3%ADona_N%C3%AD_Dhomhnaill)

===Other===
* [Touchstone (''Syphon Filter'')](/source/Touchstone_(Syphon_Filter)), a character from the ''Syphon Filter'' games

==Companies==
* [Touchstone Energy](/source/Touchstone_Energy), an energy cooperative
* [Touchstone Home Entertainment](/source/Touchstone_Home_Entertainment)
* [Touchstone Pictures](/source/Touchstone_Pictures), a film distribution label of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
* Touchstone Semiconductor, a manufacturer
* [TouchStone Software](/source/TouchStone_Software)
* [Touchstone Studios](/source/Touchstone_Studios)
* [Touchstone Television](/source/Touchstone_Television), a television production company formerly called Fox 21 Television Studios
* Touchstone Television (1985–2007), former name of television production company [ABC Signature](/source/ABC_Signature)
* Touchstone Books, an imprint of [Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster)

==Other==
* [James Touchstone](/source/James_Touchstone) (died 1872), American politician from Maryland
* [James M. Touchstone](/source/James_M._Touchstone) (1846–1886), American politician from Maryland
* [Touchstone (horse)](/source/Touchstone_(horse)) (1831–1861), thoroughbred racehorse
* [''Touchstone'' (magazine)](/source/Touchstone_(magazine)), a Christian journal
* [Touchstone file](/source/Touchstone_file), a network parameter data file
* [Touchstone Memorial Award](/source/Touchstone_Memorial_Award)
* [Touchstone Theatre](/source/Touchstone_Theatre), a professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* [Operation Touchstone](/source/Operation_Touchstone), a series of 14 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1987 and 1988
* Touchstone, the brand name of the [inductive charger](/source/HP_TouchPad) for HP/Palm WebOS devices
* ''The Touchstone'', a polemical work by [Ibn Shaprut](/source/Ibn_Shaprut)
* ''[Parasmani](/source/Parasmani)'' ({{lit|Touchstone}}), a 1963 Indian film

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