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Definitions for referential
ˌrɛf əˈrɛn ʃəlref·er·en·tial
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Princeton's WordNet
referentialadjective
referring or pointing to something
"symbols are inherently referential"
Wiktionary
referentialadjective
Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
Etymology: or from reference
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referential
Referential generally refers to the act of expressing or relating to facts or conditions that exist, apply, or relate to someone or something else. It relates to or denotes the use of an object, word, situation, etc. as a carrier of a particular meaning or message. In language use, it's often associated with symbols, signs, words, or gestures that point to or indicate something other than themselves.
Webster Dictionary
Referentialadjective
containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of referential in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of referential in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of referential in a Sentence
There are two sort of interesting properties about this region, it appears to have a unique contribution to processes that relate to memory, which is that tasks that use autobiographical or self-referential information about ‘me’— past and future— activate this region, but for tasks where you’re doing something you might consider oppositional, not focused on yourself but on external environment, this network gets turned down actively.
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