frame of reference

frame of reference

English

Etymology

frame (noun) + of + reference (noun)

Noun

frame of reference (plural frames of reference)

1. A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.

   Anyone with an unsubverted or cleansed frame of reference likely couldn't bear seeing such mistreatment and violence.

2. (physics) A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.

Derived terms

• inertial frame of reference

Related terms

• relativity

Translations

set of assumptions, ideas and standards

Chinese: Mandarin: 理念 (zh) (lǐniàn) Dutch: denkraam (nl) n, referentiekader (nl) n Finnish: viitekehys (fi) German: Referenzrahmen m Italian: quadro di riferimento m Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Romanian: cadru de referință n Russian: то́чка зре́ния (ru) f (tóčka zrénija), крите́рий (ru) m (kritɛ́rij) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

physics: set of axes

Armenian: հաշվարկի համակարգ (hašvarki hamakarg) Chinese: Mandarin: 參照系／参照系 (zh) (cānzhàoxì), 參考系／参考系 (zh) (cānkǎoxì) Czech: vztažná soustava f Finnish: koordinaatisto (fi) French: repère (fr) m German: Bezugssystem (de) n, Bezugsrahmen (de) m Hungarian: vonatkoztatási rendszer (hu) Italian: sistema di riferimento m Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 기준계(基準系) (gijun'gye) Portuguese: referencial m Romanian: sistem de referință (ro) n Russian: систе́ма отсчёта f (sistéma otsčóta) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• frame of reference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia