Hypertext Webster Gateway: "framework"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Framework \Frame"work`\, n.
1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or
constructional part of anything; as, the framework of
society.
A staunch and solid piece of framework. --Milton.
2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
framework
n 1: a simplified description of a complex entity or process;
"the computer program was based on a model of the
circulatory and respiratory systems" [syn: {model}, {theoretical
account}]
2: the underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the
bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"
[syn: {fabric}]
3: a structure supporting or containing something [syn: {frame},
{framing}]
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