REFERENCE POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reference point mean? 

• REFERENCE POINT (noun)
  The noun REFERENCE POINT has 1 sense:

1. an indicator that orients you generally

  Familiarity information: REFERENCE POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFERENCE POINT (noun)

Meaning:

An indicator that orients you generally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

point of reference; reference point; reference

Context example:

it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved

Hypernyms ("reference point" is a kind of...):

indicator (a signal for attracting attention)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reference point"):

bench mark; benchmark (a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point)

landmark (a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land)

lubber line; lubber's line; lubber's mark; lubber's point (a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading)

criterion; measure; standard; touchstone (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)

mark; target (a reference point to shoot at)

white line (a white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes)

buoy (bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards)