The phrase "acts as reference" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that serves as a source of information or guidance.
Example: "The manual acts as reference for troubleshooting common issues with the device."
Alternatives: "serves as a guide" or "functions as a source".
Housing demand, which is a classical discussing point in academia, also acts as reference for governments to enact loose, tense or neutral housing policies.
The device has two chambers, of which one is filled with weighted sample material, while the second chamber remains empty and acts as reference.
The nseq = 239 phosphorylated sites occupy a single column that acts as reference location with an assigned position number of 0. Sequence positions further N-terminally have negative values, positions further C-terminally have positive values.
There are two churches that can act as reference points, if you need them: the Basilica of Sant Felix is the city's cathedral, while the Sant Pere de Galligants is an abbey that also houses the Catalonia archaeological museum.
Because of the difficulty of observing the precise tongue positions that occur in vowels, a set of eight vowels known as the cardinal vowels has been devised to act as reference points.
Friction stir spot welding windows developed, can act as reference maps for future design engineers to achieve better spot joints.
Saturated calomel electrode (SCE) and platinum electrode with 1 cm2 surface area acted as reference and counter electrodes, respectively.
But this approach isn't super generalizable because a lot of photos simply don't have enough parallel lines to act as reference points.
The Arduino boards will act as reference designs for manufacturers to base their future systems on and will not appear in most finished products.
EN was measured between the stressed central cold-drawn wire and the neighbouring wires which acted as reference electrodes for the electrochemical current and voltage measurements.
