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frame of reference

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frames of reference

a structure of concepts, values, customs, views, etc., by means of which an individual or group perceives or evaluates data, communicates ideas, and regulates behavior.
Also called reference frame.��Physics.��a framework that is used for the observation and mathematical description of physical phenomena and the formulation of physical laws, usually consisting of an observer, a coordinate system, and a clock or clocks assigning times at positions with respect to the coordinate system.

frame of reference

a set of basic assumptions or standards that determines and sanctions behaviour
any set of planes or curves, such as the three coordinate axes, used to locate or measure movement of a point in space

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First recorded in 1895–1900

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At that time, their frame of reference came mostly from online images.

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But something even more momentous was about to shift the playwright’s frame of reference.

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"Many have no frame of reference as to what measles can do to a child, family or community."

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These professional millionaires plus Democrats can only reference the middle class because it’s their only social frame of reference.

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"I had no frame of reference of what I was getting myself into," Lawrence, 28, told BBC Sport.

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