Framework
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noun


(1)   A structure supporting or containing something
(2)   The underlying structure
"Restoring the framework of the bombed building"
"It is part of the fabric of society"
(3)   A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
"The computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
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Noun



  1. The arrangement of support beams that represent a buildings general shape and size.
  2. The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
  3. A basic conceptual structure.
    These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.
 
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