reference manual

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   a manual containing information organized in a summary manner

   Broadermanual

Questions about reference manual

What does reference manual mean?

reference manual means "a manual containing information organized in a summary manner".

Is reference manual a common word?

reference manual is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.