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:

    “I am more and more convinced that, with reference to any public question, it is more important to know what the country thinks of it than what the city thinks. The city does not think much.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The principal saloon was the Howlin’ Wilderness, an immense log cabin with a log fire always burning in the huge fireplace, where so many fights broke out that the common saying was, “We will have a man for breakfast tomorrow.””
    —For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)