Meanings
plural frames of reference
- A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.
Anyone with an unsubverted or cleansed frame of reference likely couldn't bear seeing such mistreatment and violence.
1 more example
When Kafka’s novels are analyzed with the autistic frame of reference in mind the behavior of his protagonists make more sense and will reveal that Kafka’s protagonists focus on external behavioral cues which are guided by Kafka’s education and mindset of a lawyer.
2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna system that uses coordinates to establish position
nouna system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan referencial
- referencialphysics: set of axes
Chinese Mandarin 理念, 參照系 /参照系
- 理念 (lǐniàn)set of assumptions, ideas and standards
- 參照系 /参照系 (cānzhàoxì)physics: set of axes
- 參考系 /参考系 (cānkǎoxì)physics: set of axes
Czech vztažná soustava
- vztažná soustavaphysics: set of axes
Dutch denkraam, referentiekader
- denkraamset of assumptions, ideas and standards
- referentiekaderset of assumptions, ideas and standards
- referentiekaderphysics: set of axes
Finnish viitekehys, koordinaatisto
- viitekehysset of assumptions, ideas and standards
- koordinaatistophysics: set of axes
- viitekehysphysics: set of axes
French repère, référentiel
- repèrephysics: set of axes
- référentielphysics: set of axes
German Referenzrahmen, Bezugssystem
- Referenzrahmenset of assumptions, ideas and standards
- Bezugssystemphysics: set of axes
- Bezugsrahmenphysics: set of axes
Greek πλαίσιο αναφοράς
- πλαίσιο αναφοράς (plaísio anaforás)physics: set of axes
Hindi संदर्भ विन्यास
- संदर्भ विन्यास (sandarbh vinyās)physics: set of axes
Hungarian vonatkoztatási rendszer
- vonatkoztatási rendszerphysics: set of axes
Indonesian kerangka acuan
- kerangka acuanphysics: set of axes
Italian quadro di riferimento, sistema di riferimento
- quadro di riferimentoset of assumptions, ideas and standards
- sistema di riferimentophysics: set of axes
Korean 기준계
- 기준계 (gijun'gye)physics: set of axes
Malay kerangka rujukan
- kerangka rujukanphysics: set of axes
Polish układ odniesienia, układ odniesienia
- układ odniesieniaset of assumptions, ideas and standards
- układ odniesieniaphysics: set of axes
Portuguese referencial
- referencialphysics: set of axes
Romanian cadru de referință, sistem de referință
- cadru de referințăset of assumptions, ideas and standards
- sistem de referințăphysics: set of axes
Russian то́чка зре́ния, крите́рий
- то́чка зре́ния (tóčka zrénija)set of assumptions, ideas and standards
- крите́рий (kritɛ́rij)set of assumptions, ideas and standards
- систе́ма отсчёта (sistéma otsčóta)physics: set of axes
Ukrainian систе́ма ві́дліку
- систе́ма ві́дліку (systéma vídliku)physics: set of axes
Vietnamese hệ quy chiếu
- hệ quy chiếuphysics: set of axes
Cite this entry
frame of reference. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frame%20of%20reference
“frame of reference.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frame%20of%20reference. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frame of reference,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frame%20of%20reference.
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