Reference State

Reference state is the intentional use of one thing to indicate something else. It may refer to:

  • Reference point (General usage)
  • Standard state (Chemistry usage)

Famous quotes containing the words reference and/or state:

    “If we define a sign as an exact reference, it must include symbol because a symbol is an exact reference too. The difference seems to be that a sign is an exact reference to something definite and a symbol an exact reference to something indefinite.”
    —William York Tindall (1903–1981)

    “A Church which has lost its memory is in a sad state of senility.”
    —Henry Chadwick (b. 1920)