Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun frame_of_reference
2 senses of frame of reference
Sense 1
coordinate system, frame of reference, reference system, reference frame -- (a system that uses coordinates to establish position)
=> arrangement, organization, organisation, system -- (an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification")
Sense 2
frame of reference, frame -- (a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning)
=> system, system of rules -- (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender")