• In physics and astronomy, a frame of reference (or reference frame) is an abstract coordinate system, whose origin, orientation, and scale have been specified...
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  • In theoretical physics, a local reference frame (local frame) refers to a coordinate system or frame of reference that is only expected to function over...
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  • inertial frame of reference (also called inertial space, or Galilean reference frame) is a stationary or uniformly moving frame of reference. Observed...
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    geodetic reference datum, geodetic reference system, or geodetic reference frame, or terrestrial reference frame) is a global datum reference or reference frame...
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    Eulerian frame of reference. However, in general both the Lagrangian and Eulerian specification of the flow field can be applied in any observer's frame of...
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    when viewed in a rotating frame of reference. It appears to be directed radially away from the axis of rotation of the frame. The magnitude of the centrifugal...
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    main reference frame, of another reference frame, which is fixed relative to the body, and hence translates and rotates with it (the body's local reference...
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    Coriolis force (category All articles lacking reliable references)
    on objects in motion within a frame of reference that rotates with respect to an inertial frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the force...
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  • Fictitious force (category Articles needing additional references from July 2008)
    is described using a non-inertial frame of reference, such as a linearly accelerating or rotating reference frame. Fictitious forces are invoked to maintain...
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    orientation of coordinate axes for use as a frame of reference. Mobile objects are normally tracked from an external frame considered fixed. Other frames can be...
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    Instead, the notion of inertial frame of reference has taken precedence, that is, a preferred set of frames of reference that move uniformly with respect...
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  • frame of reference Local reference frame Local tangent plane coordinates Skeletal animation Kolodziej, Krzysztof W.; Hjelm, Johan (2017-12-19). Local Positioning...
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  • sample reference frame (i.e. defined by the direction of a rolling or extrusion process and two orthogonal directions) to the local reference frame of the...
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    Expansion of the universe (category Articles needing additional references from May 2021)
    prohibits objects from moving faster than light with respect to a local reference frame where spacetime can be treated as flat and unchanging, it does not...
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    Motion (redirect from Motion, local)
    a reference point in a given time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement, distance, velocity, acceleration, speed, and frame of...
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  • Coriolis frequency (category Articles needing additional references from February 2013)
    velocity v {\displaystyle v} in the Earth's rotating reference frame. In the local reference frame of the body, the vertical direction is parallel to the...
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    ideal International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS) and its realization, the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF). The most important reason...
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  • "frame" in which it is presented changes, thus creating a reference-dependent perception. The effects of framing can be seen in journalism: the frame surrounding...
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  • Call stack (redirect from Stack frame)
    level can reference the enclosing frame at each enclosing nesting level. This reference is commonly implemented by a pointer to the frame of the most...
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    at the same time – is not absolute, but depends on the observer's reference frame. This possibility was raised by mathematician Henri Poincaré in 1900...
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  • in any local frame of reference and in some situations these predict apparent variations of the speed of light depending on frame of reference, but this...
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  • which when she extends her arms nothing happens, is her local reference for non-rotation. This frame is rotating with respect to the fixed stars and counter-rotating...
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  • A proper reference frame in the theory of relativity is a particular form of accelerated reference frame, that is, a reference frame in which an accelerated...
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    system. Local tangent plane coordinates are a type of local coordinate system used in aviation and marine vehicles. Vertical reference frame a standard...
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    (The conventional reference frame, for purposes of star catalogues, was replaced in 1998 with the International Celestial Reference Frame, which is fixed...
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  • Regional Reference Frame Sub-Commission for Europe (EUREF) is the sub-commission of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), part of the Sub-Commission...
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    Network providers commonly implement Frame Relay for voice (VoFR) and data as an encapsulation technique used between local area networks (LANs) over a WAN...
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  • H.; Lam, K. S.; Lectures on Differential Geometry, World Scientific, 2000 Gauss Lemma Fermi coordinates Local reference frame Synge's world function...
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    and heavy such as in timber framing, pole building framing, or steel framing; or light-frame construction (light-framing) if the supports are more numerous...
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  • experimenter to vary the participant's frame of reference and thus test for their perception of vertical. Rod and frame illusion occurs because of the effect...
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