frame of reference

collocation in English

meaningsofframeandreference

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withframe.
frame
noun[C]
uk
/freɪm/us
/freɪm/
a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, ...
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reference
noun
uk
/ˈref.ər.əns/us
/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition offrameandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofframe of reference

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The term "frameofreference" is a case in point.
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That way, we change people's psychologicalframeofreference.
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Tense in reported speech and itsframeofreference.
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I could use the skeletal anatomy as aframeofreference: economically, architecturally, mechanically.
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A sharedframeofreferencewas certainly lacking, or at least was too 'loose'.
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Once aframeofreferencehas been selected, in it realism prevails.
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My point is that in this conceptualframeofreference, student learning is totally absent.
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Serial manipulators rigid body as seen in a space-fixedframeofreference.
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The intent was to elicit a context in which an individualframeofreferencewas appropriate.
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The experiences with the head tax will be used as aframeofreference.
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Consideration of limiting cases provides aframeofreferencefor interpreting the results.
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At the same time, these theories are embedded in a globalframeofreference.
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Thus, herframeofreferenceallows both men and women only to be afraid of women.
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An instrument-specificframeofreferencefor dimensional identity is given by psychometric tests.
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Left superscripts denote theframeofreferenceand are omitted for the inertia /2 and frame.
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In other words, the ventral system utilizes an allocentricframeofreference.
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Suitability, in this case, was measured according to an extramundaneframeofreference.
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We choose aframeofreferencein which the flow appears steady.
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Along the way somehow cultural studies has lost thisframeofreference.
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A third area of concern must be the rather selectiveframeofreference.
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Designers provided the aestheticframeofreferencefor the representation of industrial objects.
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Consider on the other hand the kinetic energy, measured in the sameframeofreference.
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Stretching, however, allows the player'sframeofreferenceto remain attached to the object.
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Here, theframeofreferencedoes not extend beyond the work.
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The same conclusion holds with respect to the motion observed in the fixedframeofreference.
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