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noun

frame

A single image in a moving-picture sequence.

The editor pauses the video to examine a single frame.

Etymology

Frame names a bounded structure or space. In film, each separately bounded picture is a frame, with a sequence of such pictures producing apparent movement.

More examples

  • The camera records thirty frames per second.
  • One blurry frame shows the runner crossing the finish line.
  • The animator draws each frame by hand.

Forms

frame · frames

Similar words

still
An unmoving picture, often taken from a film.
image
A visual picture, not necessarily part of a moving sequence.