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View synonyms for reference frame
reference frame
reference frame
/ rĕf′ər-əns /
- A basis of a four-dimensional coordinate system in which the first coordinate is understood as a time coordinate, while the other three coordinates represent spatial dimensions. Inertial frames and non-inertial frames are both examples of reference frames.
- Also called frame of reference
- See also General Relativity
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reference frame1
First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences
At the proper instant I shifted again, to the reference frame of this Galaxy itself.
From Project Gutenberg
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