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)

    “To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery—even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness—is to betray all sense of absolute justice within oneself. Imagination alone offers me some intimation of what can be.”
    —André Breton (1896–1966)