outer frame

collocation in English

meaningsofouterandframe

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outer
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊ.tər/us
/ˈaʊ.t̬ɚ/
at a greater distance from ...
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frame
noun[C]
uk
/freɪm/us
/freɪm/
a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, ...
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(Definition ofouterandframefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofouter frame

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Theouterframeis memorably efficient, as businesslike in the work of justice as an executioner.
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Below this quadrant the angled parallel lines frame another cross towards theouterframe, and there is a horizontal line running out from the central area.
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Chrysothemis, we might say, flees the inner for theouterframe, and in so doing she raises the question of the relationship between the two.
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First is the event (embedded in the larger chronicle) that provides anouterframefor the argument (779).
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Ex. 10 of absolute music, have privileged theouterframe, seemingly holding the opera together through reprise and tonal closure, the devices of the symphonic principle.
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New-construction windows of recent vintage typically have a nailing fin along theouterframe.
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The centre vignette is inverted in relation to theouterframe.
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The wideouterframeof the hexagon is covered with alternating stylized lotus flowers, and is underlined on the inner side, by a triple border.
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The broken lines of theouterframedenote the figure to be a sanctuary with four openings to the regions of the universe.
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They had anouterframewith the motor axles parallel with the wheel axles.
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These required anouterframeto hold the disc.
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Theirouterframeis decorated with small columns.
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On theouterframeof sills rest the main wall planks ("veggtiler"), carrying the roof over the pentice or aisles ("omgang") surrounding the central space.
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Theouterframeis generally made of cast iron or steel.
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Mizokawa's head was crushed between the door rotating from his left and theouterframe; he died two hours after reaching the hospital.
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The outer frames are painted in a beige-brown tone close to the colour of the fibre-cement panels.
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The pericardial cusps were mounted inside theouterframeand were kept in position by the inner frame which is smaller and much thinner than the outer one.
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This system is used on steam locomotives with fixed outer frames and coupled axles.
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Inner and outer frames were 3/4incm 1 thick.
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The nomex honeycomb reinforces the kevlar/carbon fibre inner and outer frames.
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