Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reference_system
1 sense of reference system
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")