reference system
Noun
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A system that uses coordinates to establish position (synset 105735969)
is a type of: arrangement, organisation, organization, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifyingsubtypes:
- cartesian coordinate system - a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system
- inertial frame, inertial reference frame - a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
- space-time, space-time continuum - the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located
has: coordinate axis - one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system
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