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nonreference

nonreference adjective: not of or pertaining to reference (in various senses).

Adjective

nonreference (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to reference (in various senses).
    • A node voltage is defined as the voltage rise from the reference node to a nonreference node.2008, James William Nilsson, Susan A. Riedel, Electric circuits
    • Reference and nonreference books are interfiled without distinction.1991, Marion Sader, Topical reference books

Origin of nonreference

From non- + reference.

Questions about nonreference

What does nonreference mean?
Nonreference means not of or pertaining to reference (in various senses).
What part of speech is nonreference?
Nonreference is an adjective.

Words near nonreference in the dictionary

  1. nonreduplicative
  2. nonreefal
  3. nonreemulsifiable
  4. nonreentrant
  5. nonrefereed
  6. nonreference
  7. nonreferenced
  8. nonreferent
  9. nonreferential
  10. nonreferentiality
  11. nonreferentially

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