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

At the upper left corner, the horizontal frame line thickened projects to the left and the vertical line projects upward.

From Project Gutenberg

At the upper left corner, the horizontal frame line thickened projects to the left.

From Project Gutenberg

With the extra line outside the frame line on right and near it, all the other parts being normal, the line of the ground work not appearing as a separate line, k2.

From Project Gutenberg

With an extra line outside the frame line on right and near it, a heavy line from rosette to rosette on the right, giving the appearance of three parallel lines on that side, a similar line from rosette to rosette on the left, and a fine line from the upper right triangle to block, k2 K2 1 S2.

From Project Gutenberg