reference mark
noun
a permanent mark set at a specific distance in a specific direction from a survey station so as to permit accurate reestablishment of the station.
reference marks
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pluralof reference mark.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Sirs: The interesting side lights thrown in on your articles by the use of reference marks add zest to the reading.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then sees to the pagination, the running heads at top of each page, and sees that the foot-notes have been inserted in the pages where they belong and verifies the reference marks.
From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock
All the resources accumulated in time of peace, all the tactical evolutions, all the strategical calculations are but conveniences, drills, reference marks to lead up to it.
From Battle Studies by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq
The same has been done with missing footnote or reference marks.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher
