framerule

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noun

A multiple of frames (video pictures), at the beginning of which the game performs a check, typically as to whether the player reached an area.

“to save a framerule”

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounframerule (plural framerules)

plural framerules · alternative frame rule

  1. A multiple of frames (video pictures), at the beginning of which the game performs a check, typically as to whether the player reached an area.

    to save a framerule

    2 more examples

    In this run, I arrived two framerules earlier.

    When I play the game there's no accidentally saving a frame rule. That's physically impossible. You have to do some really crazy specific strategies to save any time beyond what the current record does.

    2017 October 12, David Snyder, Speedrunning: Interviews with the Quickest Gamers (Studies in Gaming), McFarland, →ISBN, →OCLC

Origin

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APA

framerule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framerule

MLA

“framerule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framerule. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “framerule,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/framerule.

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