REFERENCE POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reference point mean? 

• REFERENCE POINT (noun)
  The noun REFERENCE POINT has 1 sense:

1. an indicator that orients you generally

  Familiarity information: REFERENCE POINT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFERENCE POINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indicator that orients you generally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

point of reference; reference; reference point

Context example:

it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved

Hypernyms ("reference point" is a kind of...):

indicator (a signal for attracting attention)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reference point"):

bench mark; benchmark (a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point)

landmark (a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land)

lubber's line; lubber's mark; lubber's point; lubber line (a fixed line on a ship's compass indicating its heading)

mark; target (a reference point to shoot at)

white line (a white stripe in the middle of a road to mark traffic lanes)

buoy (bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards)

 Context examples 

The point in time that acts as a fixed reference point to a microbiology susceptibility assessment.

(Microbiology Susceptibility Timepoint Reference, NCI Thesaurus)

The point in time that acts as a fixed reference point to a microbiology specimen collection.

(Microbiology Specimen Timepoint Reference, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time of a laboratory test reference point.

(Laboratory Test Date Time of Reference Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)

The distance between a point and a fixed reference point; difference between a set point and the actual reading.

(Offset, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time of a pharmacokinetic concentration reference point.

(Pharmacokinetic Concentration Date Time of Reference Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)

The date and time of a pharmacokinetic parameter reference point.

(Pharmacokinetic Parameter Date Time of Reference Timepoint, NCI Thesaurus)

The point in time that acts as a fixed reference point to a pharmacokinetic concentration assessment.

(Pharmacokinetic Concentration Timepoint Reference, NCI Thesaurus)

A characterization of the relationship of an adverse event conclusion point in time to a reference point in time.

(Adverse Event End Relative to Reference Period, NCI Thesaurus)

Pertaining to a point below a given reference point.

(Inferior, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A reference point for the fetal position when the fetal heart rate is detected below the mother's umbilicus.

(Fetal Position below Umbilicus, NCI Thesaurus)