ALL meanings of frame
frame
F f - noun Technical meaning of frame 1. (networking) A data link layer "packet" which contains the header and trailer information required by the physical medium. That is, network layer packets are encapsulated to become frames. See also datagram, encapsulation, packet, Maximum Transmission Unit. 2. (programming) (language implementation) See activation record. 3. (hardware) One complete scan of the active area of a display screen. Each frame consists of a number N of horizontal scan lines, each of which, on a computer display, consists of a number M of pixels. N is the vertical resolution of the display and M is the horizontal resolution. The rate at which the displayed image is updated is the refresh rate in frames per second. 1
- noun frame photo 1
- noun frame rigid structure 1
- transitive verb frame photo: put in frame 1
- transitive verb frame apply a border 1
- transitive verb frame trick, incriminate 1
- noun frame border 1
- noun frame human body stature 1
- noun frame a still of a moving picture 1
- noun frame snooker 1
- noun frame bowling 1
- noun frame outline 1
- noun frame overall structure 1
- noun frame TV, film: shot 1
- noun frame built using a frame 1
- noun plural frame of spectacles 1
- transitive verb frame surround 1
- transitive verb frame express in words 1
- transitive verb frame structure: put together 1
- transitive verb frame fit into a space 1
- noun frame A rigid structure that surrounds or encloses something such as a door or window. 1
- noun frame a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc. 1
- noun frame a rigid structure formed of relatively slender pieces, joined so as to surround sizable empty spaces or nonstructural panels, and generally used as a major support in building or engineering works, machinery, furniture, etc. 1
- noun frame a body, especially a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique: He has a large frame. 1
- noun frame a structure for admitting or enclosing something: a window frame. 1
- noun frame Usually, frames. (used with a plural verb) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses. 1
- noun frame form, constitution, or structure in general; system; order. 1
- noun frame a particular state, as of the mind: an unhappy frame of mind. 1
- noun frame Movies. one of the successive pictures on a strip of film. 1
- noun frame Television. a single traversal by the electron beam of all the scanning lines on a television screen. In the U.S. this is a total of 525 lines traversed in 1/30 (0.033) second. Compare field (def 19). 1
- noun frame Computers. the information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time. 1
- noun frame Bowling. one of the ten divisions of a game. one of the squares on the scorecard, in which the score for a given frame is recorded. 1
- noun frame Pool. rack1 (def 3). 1
- noun frame Baseball. an inning. 1
- noun frame Slang. a frame-up. 1
- noun frame enclosing lines, usually forming a square or rectangle, to set off printed matter in a newspaper, magazine, or the like; a box. 1
- noun frame the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile. 1
- noun frame Nautical. any of a number of transverse, riblike members for supporting and stiffening the shell of each side of a hull. any of a number of longitudinal members running between web frames to support and stiffen the shell plating of a metal hull. 1
- noun frame a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, especially as used in textile production: drawing frame; spinning frame. 1
- noun frame Printing. the workbench of a compositor, consisting of a cabinet, cupboards, bins, and drawers, and having flat and sloping work surfaces on top. 1
- noun frame Bookbinding. an ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books. 1
- noun frame in frame, Shipbuilding. (of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating. 1
- verb with object frame to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together; construct. 1
- verb with object frame to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem: to frame a new constitution. 1
- verb with object frame to conceive or imagine, as an idea. 1
- verb with object frame Informal. to incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc. 1
- verb with object frame to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture. 1
- verb with object frame to give utterance to: Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest. 1
- verb with object frame to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully. 1
- verb with object frame to fashion or shape: to frame a bust from marble. 1