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main frame en · NOUN

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1. The rigid frame upon which the moving parts of a machine are mounted; a chassis.
   • The main frames are of 1¼-in. thick plates spaced 3 ft. 2½ in. apart, the centre lines coinciding with the centre of the axlebox guide faces. 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:
2. The widest structural frame located near the middle of a ship.
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of mainframe.
   alt of mainframe

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subframe