• Wireframe

    Alternative forms

    Origin

    en + wire + frame

    Full definition of wireframe

    Noun

    wireframe

    (plural wireframes)
    1. (computer graphics) A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object
      • A wireframe is transparent in nature, requiring some skill and expertise in interpreting the model.
    2. (web design) A basic visual guide used to suggest the layout of fundamental elements in a web interface
      • Wireframes should be simple sketches that you can quickly revise and not get attached to.

    Verb

    1. (computer graphics) To generate a wireframe representation
      • She'd barely wireframed it, here, and there was no there there, no interiority.
    2. (web design) To prepare a wireframe for a website
      • There are a few lists you should make before you start wireframing.
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