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A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Anyone with an unsubverted or cleansed frame of reference likely couldn't bear seeing such mistreatment and violence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reference frame
Antonyms: none provided
a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frame
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: system, system of rules
Narrower terms: vocabulary
a system that uses coordinates to establish position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coordinate system, reference system, reference frame
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrangement, organization, organisation, system
Narrower terms: Cartesian coordinate system, inertial reference frame, inertial frame, space-time, space-time continuum
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
理念
(lǐniàn)
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Dutch:
denkraam
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Dutch:
referentiekader
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Finnish:
viitekehys
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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German:
Referenzrahmen
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Italian:
quadro di riferimento
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Polish:
układ odniesienia
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Romanian:
cadru de referință
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Russian:
то́чка зре́ния
(tóčka zrénija)
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Russian:
крите́рий
(kritɛ́rij)
— set of assumptions, ideas and standards
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Armenian:
հաշվարկի համակարգ
(hašvarki hamakarg)
— physics: set of axes
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Catalan:
referencial
— physics: set of axes
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Chinese Mandarin:
參照系 /参照系
(cānzhàoxì)
— physics: set of axes
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Chinese Mandarin:
參考系 /参考系
(cānkǎoxì)
— physics: set of axes
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Czech:
vztažná soustava
— physics: set of axes
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Dutch:
referentiekader
— physics: set of axes
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Finnish:
koordinaatisto
— physics: set of axes
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Finnish:
viitekehys
— physics: set of axes
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French:
repère
— physics: set of axes
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French:
référentiel
— physics: set of axes
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German:
Bezugssystem
— physics: set of axes
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German:
Bezugsrahmen
— physics: set of axes
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Greek:
πλαίσιο αναφοράς
(plaísio anaforás)
— physics: set of axes
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Hindi:
संदर्भ विन्यास
(sandarbh vinyās)
— physics: set of axes
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Hungarian:
vonatkoztatási rendszer
— physics: set of axes
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Indonesian:
kerangka acuan
— physics: set of axes
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Italian:
sistema di riferimento
— physics: set of axes
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Korean:
기준계
(gijun'gye)
— physics: set of axes
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Malay:
kerangka rujukan
— physics: set of axes
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Polish:
układ odniesienia
— physics: set of axes
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Portuguese:
referencial
— physics: set of axes
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Romanian:
sistem de referință
— physics: set of axes
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Russian:
систе́ма отсчёта
(sistéma otsčóta)
— physics: set of axes
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Ukrainian:
систе́ма ві́дліку
(systéma vídliku)
— physics: set of axes
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Vietnamese:
hệ quy chiếu
— physics: set of axes
