reference

Examples

• All

• Data on users and use collected through reference activities is considered a prerequisite for conducting user studies.

  Academic text (2015)

• You should check the reference in the database to find the necessary information.

• The majority of the questions appeared to be ready reference questions. Local Library

  Academic text (2011)

• So we have a reference sequence here.

• We can set our reference to this drone shot right here.

• It's a hypertext reference to this web page.

  Computerphile

• It's a reference number for an archive receptacle.

  Robo Vampire (1988)

• A link to the online survey was sent to seventeen reference staff members, fourteen of whom completed it.

  Academic text (2015)

• First, they were used as reference data in the analysis of responses on the LRS task.

  Academic text (2012)

• Fact tables capture event information and foreign key references to dimension tables containing detailed information.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

A

address

vsreference

• Specialized

192 6.5

A code that shows where a device or file is on a network

is limited to locations of stored information inside memory or databases

C

computer address

vsreference

• Specialized

1 3.9

A code that shows where data or a device is in a computer system

focuses specifically on where information is stored in memory or databases

Compounds

R

reference point

10 3.7

A known mark people use to compare or find position

F

frame of reference

9 5.8

A person's ideas and beliefs that shape how they understand things

R

reference book

8 2.6

A book you use to check facts or information

F

frame of reference

• Specialized

5 6.1

A system for measuring where things are and how they move from one viewpoint

P

point of reference

5 4.1

A known example people use to judge or compare other things

C

character reference

4 3.8

A letter from someone who knows a person well that says they are honest and reliable for a future employer

C

cross-reference

3 4.6

A note in a book that tells you where to find related information

R

reference frame

• Specialized

3 7.2

A system that describes where and how an object is located or facing

R

reference work

1 3.5

A book you use to look up facts, not to read from start to finish

C

character reference

• Specialized

1 6.9

A text code that tells a web page to show a special character like é

R

reference system

• Specialized

1 4.9

A system that uses coordinates to show positions, like GPS or a map grid

R

reference manual

• Specialized

1 3.7

A book or document that gives clear facts and instructions for quick checking

B

bofa reference

• Offensive

9.9

An online joke that mentions the slang bofa to play with words

D

date of reference

• Specialized

9.0

A fixed date used as the standard time for recording positions of stars and planets

A

anatomical reference

6.8

A term that shows a part or position of the body

I

inertial reference frame

• Specialized

8.9

A frame where objects stay still or move straight at constant speed unless a force acts on them

R

reference grid

• Specialized

5.1

A pattern of crossing lines on a map or picture that helps find places by letters and numbers

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology