Akademik

framework
noun /ˈfɹeɪmwɜːk,ˈfɹeɪmwɝk/
a) The arrangement of support beams that represent a buildings general shape and size.

These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Humes account of the association of ideas.

b) The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

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