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frame of reference
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frame of reference has 2 senses
- frame of reference(n = noun.cognition) coordinate system, reference frame, reference system - a system that uses coordinates to establish position; Array is a kind of arrangement, organisation, organization, system
- frame of reference(n = noun.cognition) frame - a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning; Array is a kind of system, system of rules
has particulars: cartesian coordinate system, inertial frame, inertial reference frame, space-time, space-time continuum
has parts: coordinate axis
has particulars: vocabulary
CIDE DICTIONARY
frame of reference, n.
- an arbitrary set of spatial coordinates used to describe the position or motion of objects. The coordinates may be fixed or moving; as, a rotating frame of reference. [PJC]
- a set of assumptions or conditions that are used to discuss or understand something; as, a religious frame of reference. [PJC]
THESAURUS
frame of reference
Anschauung, angle, angle of vision, basis, eye, footing, framework, light, mental outlook, outlook, place, point of view, position, reference system, regard, respect, side, sight, situation, slant, stand, standpoint, system, universe, view, viewpoint
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