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noun

Frame of reference n.

An arbitrary set of spatial coordinates used to describe the position or motion of objects. The coordinates may be fixed or moving; as, a rotating frame of reference.

A set of assumptions or conditions that are used to discuss or understand something; as, a religious frame of reference.

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Etymology of 'Frame of reference'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Frame of reference" : organisation, vocabulary, space-time continuum, system, system of rules, inertial reference frame, organization, space-time, reference system, arrangement, inertial frame, coordinate axis, Cartesian coordinate system, coordinate system