Frame

A frame or framework is a structural system or a skeleton that supports other components of the object. It is used in this basic sense in art, construction, and mechanical engineering, and the expression 'frame' for eyeglasses.

  • in art, a picture frame is a solid border around a picture or painting
  • a space frame in construction
  • a beehive frame
  • in mechanical engineering, a bicycle frame, for instance
  • frames are often called after a shape they resemble, e.g. an A-frame, often used as a caning -, whipping - or flogging frame, used for securing the victim of physical punishment (either standing with his hands tied where the side bars meet above him, or to bend over the shorter cross-bar)

The word also has many extended, metaphorical meanings in various fields:

  • in spinning, a frame is a mechanical device with many spindles for spinning multiple threads simultaneously, as in spinning frame, dressing frame, or water frame
  • one of the film frames or video frames composing a film or video
    • a complete image, or the set of all picture elements representing it, in video display
    • in video compression different frames –- called I-frames, P-frames, B-frames, and D-frames –- are used for motion compensation
  • reframing in film and programming
  • in telecommunications, a data frame is a transmitted packet
  • in computer science, a stack frame
  • the frame element in HTML; see HTML element#Frames
  • the frame problem in artificial intelligence, a data structure for representing a stereotyped situation
  • Semantic frames in cognitive science, linguistics, or communication theory
  • a frame tale in literature
  • a narrative frame in literature, film, or storytelling
  • a frame of reference in physics
  • in mathematics, a frame is an abstract concept on a manifold, generalising frame of reference to a basis for the tangent bundle varying from point to point. See vierbein for an orthonormal frame. Also projective frame.
  • also in mathematics, a frame can refer to a complete Heyting algebra
  • each player's turn in bowling games
  • the connection between lead and follow in partner dancing. See frame (dance)
  • in law, to frame someone is to make it look as if they committed a crime when they in fact did not commit said crime, as in the title of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit; see frameup.
  • in psychology, Framing (psychology)
  • one complete game of snooker; a match usually comprises at least three frames.

The Frames is also the name of an Irish rock band, fronted by Glen Hansard.


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. The word gown is used in several contexts in clothing and fashion:. The Frames is also the name of an Irish rock band, fronted by Glen Hansard. Gowning refers to putting on a cleanroom suit. The word also has many extended, metaphorical meanings in various fields:. Hospital gown. It is used in this basic sense in art, construction, and mechanical engineering, and the expression 'frame' for eyeglasses. Bedgown.

A frame or framework is a structural system or a skeleton that supports other components of the object. Wedding gown. one complete game of snooker; a match usually comprises at least three frames. For academic gowns, also called cap and gown, see academic regalia. in psychology, Framing (psychology). The most common usage is evening gown, women's formal attire. in law, to frame someone is to make it look as if they committed a crime when they in fact did not commit said crime, as in the title of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit; see frameup.

See frame (dance). the connection between lead and follow in partner dancing. each player's turn in bowling games. also in mathematics, a frame can refer to a complete Heyting algebra.

Also projective frame. See vierbein for an orthonormal frame. in mathematics, a frame is an abstract concept on a manifold, generalising frame of reference to a basis for the tangent bundle varying from point to point. a frame of reference in physics.

a narrative frame in literature, film, or storytelling. a frame tale in literature. Semantic frames in cognitive science, linguistics, or communication theory. the frame problem in artificial intelligence, a data structure for representing a stereotyped situation.

the frame element in HTML; see HTML element#Frames. in computer science, a stack frame. in telecommunications, a data frame is a transmitted packet. reframing in film and programming.

in video compression different frames –- called I-frames, P-frames, B-frames, and D-frames –- are used for motion compensation. a complete image, or the set of all picture elements representing it, in video display. one of the film frames or video frames composing a film or video

    . in spinning, a frame is a mechanical device with many spindles for spinning multiple threads simultaneously, as in spinning frame, dressing frame, or water frame.

    an A-frame, often used as a caning -, whipping - or flogging frame, used for securing the victim of physical punishment (either standing with his hands tied where the side bars meet above him, or to bend over the shorter cross-bar). frames are often called after a shape they resemble, e.g. in mechanical engineering, a bicycle frame, for instance. a beehive frame.

    a space frame in construction. in art, a picture frame is a solid border around a picture or painting.