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frame of reference
 
Noun frame of reference has 2 senses
  1. coordinate system, frame of reference, reference system, reference frame - a system that uses coordinates to establish position
    --1 is a kind of arrangement, organization, organisation, system
    --1 has parts: coordinate axis
    --1 has particulars:
     cartesian coordinate system; inertial reference frame, inertial frame; space-time, space-time continuum
  2. frame of reference - a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
    --2 is a kind of     system, system of rules
    --2 has particulars: vocabulary
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