reference
— Noun
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~ (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
reference
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~ a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
reference grid
— Noun
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~ a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map
reference book
— Noun
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~ a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
reference
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~ a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
reference
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~ a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation"
reference
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~ the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
reference
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~ a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
referendum
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~ a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
referent
— Noun
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~ something that refers; a term that refers to another term
referent
— Noun
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~ the first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
referent
— Noun
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~ something referred to; the object of a reference
referral
— Noun
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~ a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group; "the patient is a referral from Dr. Bones"
referral
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~ the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
referral
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~ a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred; "the insurance company says that you need a written referral from your physician before seeing a specialist"
referred pain
— Noun
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~ pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected; "angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder"; "pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease"
refill
— Noun
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~ a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook"
refill
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~ a prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill"
refilling
— Noun
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~ filling again by supplying what has been used up
refinement
— Noun
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~ the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique"