Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of a model to the corresponding dimension of the original Scale factor, a number which scales, or multiplies, some quantity
If a word refers to a particular thing, situation, or idea, it describes it in some way. The term electronics refers to electrically-induced action. [VERB + to]
Refer is made up of two very useful Latin roots: re- "back" and ferre "carry," and when one thing refers to another, one meaning “carries back” to the other — there’s some kind of connection.
to direct the attention or thoughts of: The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote. to hand over or submit for information, consideration, decision, etc.: to refer the argument to arbitration.
(journalism) A blurb on the front page of a newspaper issue or section that refers the reader to the full story inside the issue or section by listing its slug or headline and its page number.
'Refers' means to mention or allude to someone or something, or to be about or concerned with someone or something.
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You use these when you refer to something which you expect the person you are talking to to know about, or when you are checking that you are both thinking of the same person or thing.
This and these are demonstratives, which means they indicate a specific noun in a sentence. The two words are similar because they refer to nouns that are near in space and time.
(How do you obey a message about some arbitrary timetable 2000 years later?) They are to KEEP it. Finally - in 1:9 John says he is their partner in THE tribulation. Not just a little suffering - like he's got an afternoon headache. But THE tribulation - the big one! What's happening? He's in exile on the island of Patmos because of the Romans.