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DATE OF REFERENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
Synonyms:
date of reference; epoch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("date of reference" is a kind of...):
date (the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
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