reference

Significado

Noun

1. A relationship or relation (to something).
2. A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
3. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
4. A person who provides this information; a referee.
5. A reference work.
6. The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
7. A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
8. A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
9. A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
10. An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
11. A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
12. (obsolete) Appeal.

Verb

1. To provide a list of references for (a text).
2. To refer to, to use as a reference.
3. To mention, to cite.
4. To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.

Hifenizado como

ref‧er‧ence

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹɛf.(ə)ɹəns/

Etimologia

From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence.

Frases

Normal heights are thus dependent upon the reference ellipsoid chosen .

As alturas normais dependem, portanto, do elipsóide de referência escolhido.