wireframe

See also: wire-frame and wire frame

English

Alternative forms

• wire frame, wire-frame

Etymology

From wire +‎ frame.

Noun

wireframe (plural wireframes)

1. (computer graphics) A visual model of an electronic representation of a three-dimensional object as defined geometrically by line segments.

   Hypernym: model

   Coordinate term: solid model

   • 2001, Philip D. Rufe, Fundamentals of Manufacturing‎, →ISBN, page 153:

     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
   • 2003, Andrew Chak, Submit Now: Designing Persuasive Web Sites‎, →ISBN, page 306:

     Wireframes should be simple sketches that you can quickly revise and not get attached to.

Translations

model of three-dimensional object

Estonian: traatmudel Finnish: rautalankamalli (fi) German: Drahtmodell n Greek: νηματικό μοντέλο (el) n (nimatikó montélo) Korean: 와이어프레임 (waieopeureim)

See also

• CAD/CAM
• explicit modeling

Further reading

• Wire-frame model on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Website wireframe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

wireframe (third-person singular simple present wireframes, present participle wireframing, simple past and past participle wireframed)

1. (computer graphics) To generate a wireframe representation
   • 2003, William Gibson, Idoru‎, page 35:

     She'd barely wireframed it, here, and there was no there there, no interiority.

2. (web design) To prepare a wireframe for a website
   • 2006, Daniel M. Brown, Communicating Design‎, →ISBN, page 290:

     There are a few lists you should make before you start wireframing.

Derived terms

• wireframed
• wireframer