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Point of reference   /pɔɪnt əv rˈɛfərəns/   Listen
Point of reference

noun
1.
An indicator that orients you generally.  Synonyms: reference, reference point.






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"Point of reference" Quotes from Famous Books



... come in!" The boy on top of the library began scrambling down. Another came running from the direction of the half-demolished Cathedral of Learning, a third from the baseball field that had served as Altamont's point of reference the afternoon before. The fourth, Murray Hughes, was running in from the ruins of the old Carnegie Tech buildings, and Birdy Edwards sped up the main road from Shenley Park. Once or twice, as he ran, Murray Hughes paused, turned, and ...
— The Return • H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire



Words linked to "Point of reference" :   bench mark, lubber's mark, lubber's line, lubber line, white line, reference, benchmark, reference point, landmark, lubber's point, target, buoy, indicator, mark



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