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fram·ing

(frā′mĭng)

A frame, framework, or system of frames.

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framing

(ˈfreɪmɪŋ)

1. (Building) a frame, framework, or system of frames

2. the way in which something is framed

3. (Film) adjustment of the longitudinal position of the film in a projector gate to secure proper vertical positioning of the picture on the screen

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fram•ing

(ˈfreɪ mɪŋ)

n.

1. the act, process, or manner of constructing anything.

2. a frame or a system of frames; framework.

[1400–50]

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Noun	1.	framing - formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing of judicial decrees" conceptualization, formulation, conceptualisation - inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
	2.	framing - 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 framework - a structure supporting or containing something

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framing

[ˈfreɪmɪŋ] N

1. (also picture framing) → enmarcado m

2. (Art, Phot) → encuadrado m

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framing

(action) → (Ein)rahmen nt

(= frame) → Rahmen, Einfassung

(TV) → Bildeinstellung f

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Such of you as are now dissatisfied, still have the old Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either.

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And don't just stop at framing your mum's fave snaps, try framing important postcards or greetings cards.

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In "Framing in Wuthering Heights," for example, John Matthews looks not only at "embedded narratives" but also at the metaphorical frame of the human body, and the general concept of boundaries in order to elucidate how the novel explores "empty middles" and Lacanian psycholinguistic "lack." That is, a look at a more or less objectively identifiable narrative feature (narratives within other narratives) is soon treated figuratively, as "liminality" of both form and content, generating a metaphorical slippage that may be productive for understanding the individual novel, but is less so for understanding the concept itself.