reference consultation | the act of referring or consulting, reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer |
arrow | a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other, intended to be shot from a bow |
bow and arrow | a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them |
broad arrow | an arrow with a wide barbed head |
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 |
arrow pointer | a mark to indicate a direction or relation |
broad arrow | a mark shaped like an arrowhead, used to mark convicts' clothing |
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 |
broad arrow | an arrowhead mark identifying British government property |
square shooter straight shooter straight arrow | a frank and honest person |
winter sweet poison arrow plant Acocanthera oblongifolia Acocanthera spectabilis | medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits |
arrow arum | an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra, North America |
green arrow arum tuckahoe Peltandra virginica | perennial herb of the eastern United States having arrowhead-shaped leaves and an elongate pointed spathe and green berries |
arrow leaved aster | a variety of aster |
Scheuchzeriaceae family Scheuchzeriaceae Juncaginaceae family Juncaginaceae arrow-grass family | a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales |
arrow grass Triglochin maritima | tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland, sometimes poisons livestock |
arrow wood southern arrow wood Viburnum dentatum | deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows |
arrow wood Viburnum recognitum | closely related to southern arrow wood, grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia |
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 |
reference cite | refer to, he referenced his colleagues' work |
sagittate sagittiform arrow-shaped | (of a leaf shape) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes |