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frame of reference en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

  1. A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.
    • Anyone with an unsubverted or cleansed frame of reference likely couldn't bear seeing such mistreatment and violence.
    • When Kafka’s novels are analyzed with the autistic frame of reference in mind the behavior of his protagonists make more sense and will reveal that Kafka’s protagonists focus on external behavioral cues which are guided by Kafka’s education and mindset of a lawyer. 2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347:
  2. A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.

Forms

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frames of reference Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

inertial frame of reference

Relateds

relativity

Synonyms

reference frame

Translations (35)

cmn 參考系 /参考系 (physics: set of axes) · nl referentiekader (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · pl układ odniesienia (physics: set of axes) · id kerangka acuan (physics: set of axes) · ru крите́рий (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · it quadro di riferimento (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · fi viitekehys (physics: set of axes) · pt referencial (physics: set of axes) · fr référentiel (physics: set of axes) · pl układ odniesienia (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · ro sistem de referință (physics: set of axes) · nl denkraam (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · cmn 理念 (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · fr repère (physics: set of axes) · ca referencial (physics: set of axes) · hi संदर्भ विन्यास (physics: set of axes) · el πλαίσιο αναφοράς (physics: set of axes) · ru систе́ма отсчёта (physics: set of axes) · ru то́чка зре́ния (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · cmn 參照系 /参照系 (physics: set of axes) · hu vonatkoztatási rendszer (physics: set of axes) · ko 기준계 (physics: set of axes) · nl referentiekader (physics: set of axes) · ro cadru de referință (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · fi viitekehys (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · hy հաշվարկի համակարգ (physics: set of axes) · cs vztažná soustava (physics: set of axes) · it sistema di riferimento (physics: set of axes) · de Referenzrahmen (set of assumptions, ideas and standards) · ms kerangka rujukan (physics: set of axes) · fi koordinaatisto (physics: set of axes) · vi hệ quy chiếu (physics: set of axes) · de Bezugsrahmen (physics: set of axes) · uk систе́ма ві́дліку (physics: set of axes) · de Bezugssystem (physics: set of axes)

wikidata: Q184876