frame of reference
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Tweet n. pl. frames of reference 1. A set of coordinate axes in terms of which position or movement may be specified or with reference to which physical laws may be mathematically stated. Also called reference frame. 2. A set of ideas, as of philosophical or religious doctrine, in terms of which other ideas are interpreted or assigned meaning. |
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