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 Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.”
    —Winston Churchill (1874–1965)

    “The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan of house or state of their own.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)