reference
A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
Other meanings
Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
A reference work.
Related words
- noncoreferential
- phyloreference
- referenceness
- subreference
- autoreference
- reference time
- call by reference
- reference letter
- call-by-reference
- category reference
- character reference
- circular reference
Word history
From Medieval Latin "referentia".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reference” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.