frame·work (fr m wûrk )n. 1. A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed. 2. An external work platform; a scaffold. 3. A fundamental structure, as for a written work. 4. A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality. |
framework
Noun
1. a particular set of beliefs, ideas, or rules referred to in order to solve a problem: a moral framework
2. a structure supporting something
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| Noun | 1. |  framework - a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"computer simulation, simulation - (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated" hypothesis, theory, possibility - a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" mean sun - a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds Copernican system - (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun Ptolemaic system - (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center M-theory - (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong string theory - (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings stochastic process - a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time) |
| 2. | framework - the underlying structure; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society" structure - the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" | |
| 3. | framework - a structure supporting or containing something airframe - the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines) arbour, bower, pergola, arbor - a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" bustle - a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt casing, case - the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" climbing frame - a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on clotheshorse - a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) coaming - a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out cornice, pelmet, valance, valance board - a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing deckle - (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets derrick - a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered cowcatcher, fender, buffer, pilot - an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track framing, frame - a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held" frame - the framework for a pair of eyeglasses gantry, gauntry - a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. grill, grillwork, grille - a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" gun carriage - a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing handbarrow - a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people honeycomb - a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees fretwork, latticework, lattice - framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal mounting - framework used for support or display oxbow - a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox picture frame - a framework in which a picture is mounted rack - framework for holding objects ribbing - a framework of ribs sash, window sash - a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame stocks - a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod stocks - a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction stretcher - a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting supporting structure - a structure that serves to support something tenter - a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth truss - a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure undercarriage - framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle baby-walker, go-cart, walker - an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk Zimmer, Zimmer frame, walker - a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk |
framework
noun 1. system, plan, order, scheme, arrangement, fabric, schema, frame of reference, the bare bones
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