A compendium of information which is not intended to be read from beginning to end, and is compiled for ease of reference. Examples include encyclopedias and dictionaries.

plural of cross-reference

(data management) Data describing a physical or virtual object and its properties.

A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.

Act or process of referring to itself or oneself.

A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.

(chemistry, physics) an electrode with a stable and accurately known electrode potential

(transitive) To provide something with a cross-reference. / To compare two or more sources of information.

A person or business that can be contacted to validate or vouch for the credit applicant's ability to pay outstanding balances in a timely manner.

(computing) A variable used for storing the address of another variable or structure, equivalent to a pointer.