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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley