Noun
an indicator that orients you generally
Source: WordNetI hope that in Egypt there can be a transition toward a more democratic system without a break from President Mubarak, who in the West, above all in the United States, is considered the wisest of men and a precise reference point. Silvio Berlusconi
The argument that new vision becomes the reference point for the future, is a line that I have been driven to use on many occasions. Nicholas Serota
No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point. Jean-Paul Sartre
I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird. Colin Firth
Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point. Richard Rohr
The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference point and a benchmark, a point of common discussion and an issue of universal scientific interest. Simon Conway Morris