Meanings
nouninterframe (plural interframes)
plural interframes
- computingA video frame which is compressed to express only the change from a reference frame.
Each keyframe becomes a reference for all the following interframes.
2003, Dan Livingston, Carlos Justiniano, Advanced Macromedia Flash MX, →ISBN, page 356 - A type of bolster for a folding knife.
Interframes are recognized by having metal frames with inlays dropped into machined out areas of the handles.
2004 January 1, “Cutting class: William Henry's top-shelf tacticals”, in American Handgunner
adjectiveinterframe (not comparable)
- not comparableBetween frames (of a video file, a network protocol, etc.).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Englishframe
- Englishinterframe
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APA
interframe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interframe
MLA
“interframe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interframe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interframe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interframe.
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