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REFERENCE FRAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system that uses coordinates to establish position
Synonyms:
coordinate system; frame of reference; reference frame; reference system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reference frame" is a kind of...):
arrangement; organisation; organization; system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying)
Meronyms (parts of "reference frame"):
coordinate axis (one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reference frame"):
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)
