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Meanings of reference frame in English

Portuguese
sistema de coordenadas

A system that uses coordinates to establish position.

sistema de coordenadas
Usage of reference frame in English
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Recall that motion is meaningful only relative to a given reference frame.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
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A rotating reference frame like this is called an accelerated or non-inertial frame.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
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That's because the camera is in an accelerating reference frame of the plane.
Wired
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Our ideas about forces and motion, however, only work in a non-accelerating reference frame.
Wired
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In Starbuck's reference frame, it is Apollo who is approaching.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
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The fake force allows a rotating reference frame to act like a stationary one.
Wired
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Perhaps, then, we need to look outside of our Galaxy for a fixed reference frame.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
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Doesn't that imply that there's a preferred reference frame?
Schild’s Ladder
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Of course, if you move in a circle you aren't exactly in a non-accelerating reference frame.
Wired
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Looking from inside the Millennium Falcon as it accelerates is clearly accelerating (non-inertial reference frame).
Wired
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In a reference frame moving along with Supergirl, three days elapse as she chases after the missile.
The Physics of Superheroes
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How high will it go in the elevator (in the reference frame of the elevator)?
Wired
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If you could view yourself from outside the car in a stationary reference frame, everything would make sense.
Wired
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Just to be clear, a faux force is needed to use normal newtonian mechanics when the reference frame is accelerating.
Wired
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Well, it works if you measure the acceleration from a stationary (technically at least a non-accelerating) reference frame.
Wired
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The objects were surrounded by scenes with an apparent axis of the global reference frame, such as a sidewalk scene.
Pubmed
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