noun
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a frame, framework, or system of frames
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the way in which something is framed
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adjustment of the longitudinal position of the film in a projector gate to secure proper vertical positioning of the picture on the screen
Etymology
Origin of framing
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; frame, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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The fire on Jan. 22, believed to have been set by a homeless person, took out wooden framing below an asphalt bridge connecting access to a parking lot, making it unusable for safety reasons.
From Los Angeles Times
But there are still another 10 weeks to go until ballots are tallied - and this by-election is a reminder that the way parties succeed and fail in framing the contest will be critical.
From BBC
She believes in constitutional rights but warns that framing political issues mainly in terms of competing claims of absolute rights makes our political debates more pointed and less productive.
In his “Poetics,” Aristotle praised detective fiction for demonstrating “the art of framing lies.”
Lunch, in this framing, is not a reward for productivity.
From Salon
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