référence — [ referɑ̃s ] n. f. • v. 1820; angl. reference, même o. que référer I ♦ 1 ♦ Action ou moyen de se référer, de situer par rapport à. Indemnité fixée par référence au traitement. Géom. Système de référence : système d axes et de points par rapport… …   Encyclopédie Universelle
 
reference — ref‧er‧ence [ˈrefrəns] noun [countable] 1. with reference to formal used to say what you are writing or talking about, especially in business letters: • With reference to your recent advertisement, I am writing to apply for the post of sales… …   Financial and business terms
 
Reference — Référence Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français
 
reference — ref·er·ence / re frəns, fə rəns/ n 1: an act of referring; specif: mention or citation of one document (as a statute) in another a municipality may adopt by reference all or a part of this title Alaska Statutes see also incorporate 2 …   Law dictionary
 
Reference — 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 guidance. [1913 Webster] 2. That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
 
reference — see IDEA OF REFERENCE ref·er·ence ref (ə )rən(t)s adj of known potency and used as a standard in the biological assay of a sample of the same drug of unknown strength <a dose of reference cod liver oil> …   Medical dictionary
 
Reference — For help in citing references, see Wikipedia:Citing sources. For the Wikipedia Reference Desk, see Wikipedia:Reference desk. Reference is derived from Middle English referren, from Middle French rèférer, from Latin referre, to carry back , formed …   Wikipedia
 
Reference (C++) — In the C++ programming language, a reference is a simple reference datatype that is less powerful but safer than the pointer type inherited from C. The name C++ reference may cause confusion, as in computer science a reference is a general… …   Wikipedia
 
Référence — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Référence », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le mot référence correspond à une notion… …   Wikipédia en Français
 
reference — /ref euhr euhns, ref reuhns/, n., v., referenced, referencing. n. 1. an act or instance of referring. 2. a mention; allusion. 3. something for which a name or designation stands; denotation. 4. a direction in a book or writing to some other book …   Universalium
 
reference — I. noun Date: 1589 1. the act of referring or consulting 2. a bearing on a matter ; relation < in reference to your recent letter > 3. something that refers: as a. allusion, mention b. something (as a sign or indication) that refers a reader or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary