Associations to the word «Referential»

Wiktionary

REFERENTIAL, adjective. Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
REFERENTIAL, adjective. Serving as a reference.
REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY, noun. (computing) (databases) The property of a relational database that enforces valid relationships between tables, such that no foreign key can contain a value that does not match a primary key in the corresponding linked table.

Dictionary definition

REFERENTIAL, adjective. Referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats