Frame of reference

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning wordnet
  3. 3
    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.
  4. 4
    a system that uses coordinates to establish position wordnet

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