FRAME OF REFERENCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does frame of reference mean?
• FRAME OF REFERENCE (noun)
The noun FRAME OF REFERENCE has 2 senses:
1. a system that uses coordinates to establish position
2. a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
Familiarity information: FRAME OF REFERENCE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FRAME OF REFERENCE (noun)
Meaning:
A system that uses coordinates to establish position
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
coordinate system; frame of reference; reference frame; reference system
Hypernyms ("frame of reference" is a kind of...):
arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)
Meronyms (parts of "frame of reference"):
coordinate axis (one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frame of reference"):
cartesian coordinate system (a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system)
inertial frame; inertial reference frame (a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid)
space-time; space-time continuum (the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located)
Meaning:
A system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("frame of reference" is a kind of...):
system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frame of reference"):
vocabulary (the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of expression (as in arts or crafts))
