2. Noun. A structural component of a vehicle, such as an automobile or aircraft, that uses a discrete, separate structure within a larger body-on-frame or unit body to carry certain components, such as the engine, drivetrain, or suspension. ¹
3. Noun. (Internet) One of the HTML frames that makes up a frameset. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subframe
1. a frame for the attachment of a finish frame [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subframe
Literary usage of Subframe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Motor Truck Design and Construction by Clemens Thomas Schaefer (1919)
"forward end of the subframe is controlled in both directions. The rear support
is formed by brackets riveted to the subframe members, ..."
2. Motor Truck Design and Construction by Clemens Thomas Schaefer (1919)
"forward end of the subframe is controlled in both directions. The rear support
is formed by brackets riveted to the subframe members, ..."
3. Motor Truck Design and Construction by Clemens Thomas Schaefer (1919)
"forward end of the subframe is controlled in both directions. The rear support
is formed by brackets riveted to the subframe members, ..."
4. The Principles and Practice of Roentgenological Technique by Isaac Seth Hirsch (1919)
"A subframe, whose length is placed at right angles to this frame, travels on the
... The subframe in turn has tracks on which the tube-box itself travels ..."
5. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Maintenance and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1914)
"The power plant is located at the front end of a subframe member and drives a
friction driving disc located approximately at the central point of the frame ..."
6. Essays on Strategy 12 edited by John N. Petrie (1996)
"... fragmented, and normalized.27 News media focus on a personalized actor
subframe—individual leaders, spokespersons, exemplars of the political actions.28 ..."