reference
consultation | the act of referring or consulting, reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer |
| reference grid | a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map |
| frame of reference frame | a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning |
coordinate system
frame of reference
reference system
reference frame | a system that uses coordinates to establish position |
reference
denotation
extension | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression, the class of objects that an expression refers to, the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos |
| reference | the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to, he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes |
inertial reference frame
inertial frame | a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid |
address computer address
reference | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
reference book
reference reference work
book of facts | a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts, he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic |
| reference manual | a manual containing information organized in a summary manner |
| character reference character reference | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability, requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
citation cite
acknowledgment credit reference mention quotation | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage, the student's essay failed to list several important citations, the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book, the article includes mention of similar clinical cases |
| mention reference | a remark that calls attention to something or someone, she made frequent mention of her promotion, there was no mention of it, the speaker made several references to his wife |
anatomical reference
anatomical | an expression that relates to anatomy |
reference point
point of reference
reference | an indicator that orients you generally, it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved |
| reference source | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to, he carried an armful of references back to his desk, he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation |
| epoch date of reference | (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |
| study hit the books | learn by reading books, He is studying geology in his room, I have an exam next week, I must hit the books now |
reference
cite | refer to, he referenced his colleagues' work |