ALL meanings of sub-frame
sub-frame
S s - noun sub-frame a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc. 1
- noun sub-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 sub-frame a body, especially a human body, with reference to its size or build; physique: He has a large frame. 1
- noun sub-frame a structure for admitting or enclosing something: a window frame. 1
- noun sub-frame Usually, frames. (used with a plural verb) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses. 1
- noun sub-frame form, constitution, or structure in general; system; order. 1
- noun sub-frame a particular state, as of the mind: an unhappy frame of mind. 1
- noun sub-frame Movies. one of the successive pictures on a strip of film. 1
- noun sub-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 sub-frame Computers. the information or image on a screen or monitor at any one time. 1
- noun sub-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 sub-frame Pool. rack1 (def 3). 1
- noun sub-frame Baseball. an inning. 1
- noun sub-frame Slang. a frame-up. 1
- noun sub-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 sub-frame the structural unit that supports the chassis of an automobile. 1
- noun sub-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 sub-frame a machine or part of a machine supported by a framework, especially as used in textile production: drawing frame; spinning frame. 1
- noun sub-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 sub-frame Bookbinding. an ornamental border, similar to a picture frame, stamped on the front cover of some books. 1
- noun sub-frame in frame, Shipbuilding. (of a hull) with all frames erected and ready for planking or plating. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to form or make, as by fitting and uniting parts together; construct. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to contrive, devise, or compose, as a plan, law, or poem: to frame a new constitution. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to conceive or imagine, as an idea. 1
- verb with object sub-frame Informal. to incriminate (an innocent person) through the use of false evidence, information, etc. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to provide with or put into a frame, as a picture. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to give utterance to: Astonished, I attempted to frame adequate words of protest. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to form or seem to form (speech) with the lips, as if enunciating carefully. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to fashion or shape: to frame a bust from marble. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to shape or adapt to a particular purpose: to frame a reading list for ninth graders. 1
- verb with object sub-frame Informal. to contrive or prearrange fraudulently or falsely, as in a scheme or contest. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to adjust (film) in a motion-picture projector so as to secure exact correspondence of the outlines of the frame and aperture. 1
- verb with object sub-frame to line up visually in a viewfinder or sight. 1
- verb with object sub-frame Archaic. to direct, as one's steps. 1
- verb without object sub-frame Archaic. to betake oneself; resort. 1
- verb without object sub-frame Archaic. to prepare, attempt, give promise, or manage to do something. 1
- noun sub-frame a discreet or hidden part of the structure of a vehicle such as car, aircraft, etc which protects and carries components such as the engine, suspension, etc 0