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Meaning of reference

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reference
      n 1: a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she
           made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no
           mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his
           wife" [syn: {mention}, {reference}]
      2: 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" [syn: {citation}, {cite},
         {acknowledgment}, {credit}, {reference}, {mention},
         {quotation}]
      3: an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a
         reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy
         involved" [syn: {reference point}, {point of reference},
         {reference}]
      4: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he
         contributed articles to the basic reference work on that
         topic" [syn: {reference book}, {reference}, {reference work},
         {book of facts}]
      5: 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" [syn: {character}, {reference},
         {character reference}]
      6: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression;
         the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the
         extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only
         Demos and Phobos" [syn: {reference}, {denotation},
         {extension}]
      7: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an
         encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: {reference},
         {consultation}]
      8: 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" [syn: {reference}, {source}]
      9: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of
         information is stored [syn: {address}, {computer address},
         {reference}]
      10: the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea
          it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of
          conditioned reflexes"
      v 1: refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" [syn:
           {reference}, {cite}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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