Framework (disambiguation) definition

Framework (disambiguation)

WordNet

(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"

WiktionaryText

The arrangement of support beams that represent a buildings general shape and size.
The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.
A basic conceptual structure.

These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.