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Origin of reference frame
First recorded in 1920â25
Words nearby reference frame
refer, referee, reference, reference book, reference electrode, reference frame, reference group, reference mark, reference works, referendum, referent
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Scientific definitions for reference frame
reference frame
[ rÄfâČÉr-Éns ]
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 space-time Special Relativity.
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