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reference frame

reference frame

/ rĕfər-əns /

  1. 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.
  2. Also called frame of reference


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Word History and Origins

Origin of reference frame1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

Your brain moves through reference frames to recall facts that it has stored in different locations.

At the proper instant I shifted again, to the reference frame of this Galaxy itself.

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