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Definition of Reference system
1. Noun. A system that uses coordinates to establish position.
Generic synonyms: Arrangement, Organisation, Organization, System
Specialized synonyms: Cartesian Coordinate System, Inertial Frame, Inertial Reference Frame, Space-time, Space-time Continuum
Terms within: Coordinate Axis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reference System
Literary usage of Reference system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Electrodynamics from the Standpoint of the Electron Theory by Leigh Page (1922)
"reference system. A reference system is an assemblage of points filling all space.
A device is provided for indicating time at these points in such a way as ..."
2. An Introduction to Electrodynamics from the Standpoint of the Electron Theory by Leigh Page (1922)
"reference system. A reference system is an assemblage of points filling all space.
A device is provided for indicating time at these points in such a way as ..."
3. An Introduction to Electrodynamics from the Standpoint of the Electron Theory by Leigh Page (1922)
"reference system. A reference system is an assemblage of points filling all space.
A device is provided for indicating time at these points in such a way as ..."
4. Higher Mathematics: A Textbook for Classical and Engineering Colleges by Mansfield Merriman, Robert Simpson Woodward (1896)
"A system of unit points to which the positions of other points may be referred
is called a reference system, and the triangle e,ete, is a reference triangle ..."
5. Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation: A Selection of Material by James Malcolm Bird, Albert Einstein (1921)
"The curves being arbitrary, the formula is appropriate for any reference system,
or even if the observer does not know exactly what his reference system is. ..."
6. Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation: A Selection of Material by James Malcolm Bird, Albert Einstein (1921)
"Their -value is dependent on the observer's reference system and on the geometrical
character of the surface observed. The curves being arbitrary, ..."
7. Treatise on Physics by Andrew Gray (1901)
"Passage from one reference system to another.—Now we may suppose our reference
system, which we may call A, to be in motion relatively to another reference ..."
8. Treatise on Physics by Andrew Gray (1901)
"Passage from one reference system to another.—Now we may suppose our reference
system, which we may call A, to be in motion relatively to another reference ..."
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