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Definition of Frame

Frame
Frame Frame, n. In games: (a) In pool, the triangular form used in setting up the balls; also, the balls as set up, or the round of playing required to pocket them all; as, to play six frames in a game of 50 points. (b) In bowling, as in tenpins, one of the several innings forming a game.
Frame
Frame Frame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Framed; p. pr. & vb. n. Framing.] [OE. framen, fremen, to execute, build, AS. fremman to further, perform, effect, fr. fram strong, valiant; akin to E. foremost, and prob. to AS. fram from, Icel. fremja, frama, to further, framr forward, G. fromm worthy, excellent, pious. See Foremost, From, and cf. Furnish.] 1. (Arch. & Engin.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice. 2. To originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false. How many excellent reasonings are framed in the mind of a man of wisdom and study in a length of years. --I. Watts. 3. To fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform. And frame my face to all occasions. --Shak. We may in some measure frame our minds for the reception of happiness. --Landor. The human mind is framed to be influenced. --I. Taylor. 4. To cause; to bring about; to produce. [Obs.] Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds. --Shak. 5. To support. [Obs. & R.] That on a staff his feeble steps did frame. --Spenser. 6. To provide with a frame, as a picture.
Frame
Frame Frame, v. i. 1. To shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech. [Obs.] --Judg. xii. 6. 2. To proceed; to go. [Obs.] The bauty of this sinful dame Made many princes thither frame. --Shak.

Meaning of Frame from wikipedia

- steel frame that limits the construction's extent. Frame and FRAME may also refer to: Framing (construction), a building term known as light frame construction...
- In physics and astronomy, a frame of reference (or reference frame) is an abstract coordinate system whose origin, orientation, and scale are specified...
- reference frame (also known as an accelerated reference frame) is a frame of reference that undergoes acceleration with respect to an inertial frame. An accelerometer...
- A rotating frame of reference is a special case of a non-inertial reference frame that is rotating relative to an inertial reference frame. An everyday...
- A quantum reference frame is a reference frame which is treated quantum theoretically. It, like any reference frame, is an abstract coordinate system...
- frame of reference (also called inertial space, or Galilean reference frame) is a frame of reference not undergoing any acceleration. It is a frame in...
- angles, forming a truss. A-frame house A-frame hydroponics system A-frame contour measuring spirit level A frame camping tent A-frame complex, a motif in chemistry...
- In theoretical physics, a local reference frame (local frame) refers to a coordinate system or frame of reference that is only expected to function over...
- In filmmaking, video production, animation, and related fields, a frame is one of the many still images which compose the complete moving picture. The...
- Look up framing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Framing may refer to: Framing (construction), common carpentry work Framing (law), providing false...