blat vs reference

blat

noun
  • The Soviet system of connections and social relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society). 

verb
  • To talk inconsiderately; blab. 

  • To cry, as a calf or sheep; bleat. 

  • To utter loudly or foolishly; blurt. 

  • To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba. 

  • To make a senseless noise. 

reference

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

  • A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to. 

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

  • The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision. 

  • A previously published written work thus indicated; a source. 

  • A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol. 

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

  • A person who provides this information; a referee. 

  • A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text. 

  • A reference work. 

verb
  • To provide a list of references for (a text). 

  • To refer to, to use as a reference. 

  • To mention, to cite. 

  • To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory. 

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