frame of reference

English

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
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: układ odniesienia m
• 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), viitekehys (fi)
• French: repère (fr) m, référentiel (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)
• Polish: układ odniesienia m
• 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