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Uncommon
noun
•
A
relation
ship or
relation
(to something).
•
A
measurement
one can
compare
to.
•
Information about a person,
provided
by someone (a
referee
) with whom they are well
acquainted
.
•
A person who
provides
this information; a
referee
.
•
A
reference work
.
•
That which
serves
as a
reference work
.
•
The
act
of
referring
: a
submitting
for information or
decision
.
•
In Semantics:
A
relation
between
objects
in
which one
object
designates
, or
acts
as a means by which to
connect
to or
link
to, another
object
.
•
A
short
written
identification
of a
previously
published
work which is used as a
source
for a
text
.
•
A
previously
published
written
work thus
indicated
; a
source
.
•
In Computing:
An
object
containing
information which
refers
to data
stored
elsewhere,
as opposed to
containing
the data itself.
•
In Programming:
A special
sequence
used to
represent
complex
characters
in
markup languages
, such as ™ for the ™
symbol
.
•
Appeal
.
verb
•
To provide
a list
of
references
for (a
text
).
•
To
refer
to, to use as a
refer
ence.
•
To
mention
, to
cite
.
•
In Programming:
To
contain
the value that is a
memory
address
of some value
stored
in
memory
.
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