n., pl., frames of reference.
- A set of coordinate axes in terms of which position or movement may be specified or with reference to which physical laws may be mathematically stated. Also called reference frame.
- A set of ideas, as of philosophical or religious doctrine, in terms of which other ideas are interpreted or assigned meaning.
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