Complete Definition of "frame of reference"

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Noun

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frame of reference

  1. a set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated
  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

See also
relativity

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