Reference word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer"
[noun] 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"
[noun] 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"
[noun] a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
[noun] 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 to often answered evasively"
[noun] 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"
[noun] 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"
[noun] an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved"
[noun] 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"
[verb] refer to

\Ref"er*ence\ (r?f"?r-ens), n. [See {Refer}.] 1. The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for quidance. 2. That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book. 3. Relation; regard; respect. Something that hath a reference to my state. --Shak. 4. One who, or that which, is referred to. Specifically;
(a) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
(b) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred. 5. (Law)
(a) The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.
(b) (Equity) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court. 6. Appeal. [R.] ``Make your full reference.'' --Shak. {Reference Bible}, a Bible in which brief explanations, and references to parallel passages, are printed in the margin of the text.

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