Noun

(en noun)

A relationship or relation ((to) something).

*, III.1.3:

all these are far more eminent and great, when they shall proceed from a sanctified spirit, that hath a true touch of religion and a reference to God.

A measurement one can compare to.

Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted

A reference work.

(semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.

(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

(programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.

(programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in a web page such as ™ or €.

(obsolete) appeal

* Shakespeare

Make your full reference .

Noun

A particular method for performing a task.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}

A series of small tasks or steps taken to accomplish an end.

(label) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.

The steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.

* (Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)

Gracious procedures .

(label) That which results; issue; product.

(Bacon)

(label) A subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task.

(label) A surgical operation.