reference_system (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *reference system*:
NOUN	cognition	reference system, coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame	a system that uses coordinates to establish position

English > *reference system*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	A system that uses coordinates to establish position.
Synonyms	coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame
Parts	coordinate axis	One of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system
Narrower	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 reference frame, inertial 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
Broader	arrangement, organization, organisation, system	An organized structure for arranging or classifying
Spanish	sistema de coordenadas, sistema de referencia

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