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Topic: reference
Definition:

  • 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" 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" an indicator that orients you generally
  • "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
  • "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" 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" 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" the act of referring or consulting
  • "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" 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" (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored 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" refer to
  • "he referenced his colleagues' work"

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    • Resources:

    Treasures Christian Books
    Discount Christian Books
    http://www.treasureschristianbooks.com

    My Virtual Reference Desk
    A one-stop site for all things Internet: news, weather, sports, reference, encyclopedia (50 areas), facts on file, FAQs, tutorials, search engines, Win95, free stuff, games
    http://www.refdesk.com/

    WebReference.com
    JAVA, XML, Perl, HTML, marketing, 3D graphics and design. Comes in text only weekly or HTML daily . Also accepts freelance articles.
    http://www.webreference.com/

    The Internet Public Library
    Online public library features directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, reference materials with special sections for youth.
    http://www.ipl.org/