frame of reference
Noun

frame of reference

  1. 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.
  2. (physics) A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.
Related terms Translations
  • Italian: quadro di riferimento
  • Russian: то́чка зре́ния
Translations
  • Italian: sistema di riferimento
  • Russian: систе́ма отсчёта



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