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    REFERENCE SYSTEM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A system that uses coordinates to establish positionplay

    Synonyms:

    coordinate system; frame of reference; reference frame; reference system

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

    arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)

    Meronyms (parts of "reference system"):

    coordinate axis (one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system)

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

    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)

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