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wireframe

noun

Etymology

From wire + frame.

  1. derived from *promo-✻ — “front, forward”
  2. inherited from *framjaną✻ — “to further, promote, perform”
  3. inherited from *frammjan✻
  4. inherited from framian
  5. inherited from framen
  6. compounded as wireframe — “wire + frame”

Definitions

  1. A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object as defined…

    A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object as defined geometrically by line segments.

    • A wireframe is transparent in nature, requiring some skill and expertise in interpreting the model.

  2. A basic visual guide used to suggest the layout of fundamental elements in a web interface

    • Wireframes should be simple sketches that you can quickly revise and not get attached to.

  3. To generate a wireframe representation

    • She'd barely wireframed it, here, and there was no there there, no interiority.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To prepare a wireframe for a website

      • There are a few lists you should make before you start wireframing.

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Derived

wireframed, wireframer

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wireframe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA