frame line

American  

noun

Movies.

1. a horizontal line separating consecutive frames on a strip of film.

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frame line British  

noun

1. films a black horizontal bar appearing between successive picture images

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Example Sentences

“I was back on the frame line. I had to ground a radio strap to a firewall, and tighten a brass nut on an air conditioning unit. It was torture to go back.”

From Salon

Passing now from these varieties dependent upon the nearness of the lines and corner blocks the following more interesting variations may be found: With the upper left corners too far from the blocks, the others being ordinary; there is an extra line outside the frame line and close to it, at the right, g1 f2 3 4 k2.

From Project Gutenberg

Numerous specimens showing the frame line broken, those with it perfect are much rarer, g1 f2 3 4 m2.

From Project Gutenberg

With the frame line thin, often broken, and the extra line heavy and further off.

From Project Gutenberg

With the upper left corner too far from the block, the lower left corner too near to the block, an extra line outside the frame line and close to it, g1 f2 h3 f4 k2.

From Project Gutenberg