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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a system that uses coordinates to establish position;
[syn: coordinate system, frame of reference, reference system, reference frame]

2. a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning;
[syn: frame of reference, frame]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frame of reference \Frame of reference\, n. 1. an arbitrary set of spatial coordinates used to describe the position or motion of objects. The coordinates may be fixed or moving; as, a rotating frame of reference. [PJC] 2. a set of assumptions or conditions that are used to discuss or understand something; as, a religious frame of reference. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frame of reference n 1: a system that uses coordinates to establish position [syn: coordinate system, frame of reference, reference system, reference frame] 2: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning [syn: frame of reference, frame]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "frame of reference": Anschauung, angle, angle of vision, basis, eye, footing, framework, light, mental outlook, outlook, place, point of view, position, reference system, regard, respect, side, sight, situation, slant, stand, standpoint, system, universe, view, viewpoint