reference frame

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noun Physics.

frame of reference(def 2).

Origin of reference frame

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby reference frame

refer, referee, reference, reference book, reference electrode, reference frame, reference group, reference mark, reference values, reference works, referendum

Words related to reference frame

context, framework, standpoint

Scientific definitions for reference frame

reference frame
[ rĕf′ər-əns ]

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.