Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In candy-making, a hand- or power-machine for making the many forms of fruit or other drops; a fruit-drop frame.

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Examples

  • My premiere project is definitely 720p 60 (59.94 drop-frame).

    Mad Dog Movies « Planning an HD animation pipeline 2007

  • Style #2044 was billed as a "Ladies 'Divided Cycling Skirt, having deep side-plaits at the back and the division in front concealed by lapped gores (to be worn on diamond or drop-frame wheels and to be in any desired length)."

    "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006

  • The second photo shows her riding confidently down the field, her skirt bunched up around the crossbar, exposing her stockings and high boots. 32 The magazines do not show this slice of reality; the elegant women in advertisements wear knickerbockers on a high-frame bike and skirts on a drop-frame or "ladies '" model.

    "Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006

  • Slade favors that stuttery, drop-frame, fast-motion style of action directing that looks like he simply shot stuff in slow motion and then sped it up, all while goosing it so that you can't quite make out what's going on.

    E! Online (US) - Top Stories 2010

  • Know that blend, odd, even, and drop-frame (same as odd and even) are all CRAPPY METHODS.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • Know that blend, odd, even, and drop-frame (same as odd and even) are all CRAPPY METHODS.digitalFAQ. com -- Help with VHS to DVD, DVD recorders, other video/photo issues. hi all ..

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • You also need to do a proper deinterlace, not some nasty half-assed drop-frame method. digitalFAQ. com -- Help with VHS to DVD, DVD recorders, other video / photo issues.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • BT8x8 cards have a chronic issue with being unable to sync to the audio card, causing not just drift but drop-frame problems that cause loss of sync that cannot be corrected.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • You also need to do a proper deinterlace, not some nasty half-assed drop-frame method.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • You also need to do a proper deinterlace, not some nasty half-assed drop-frame method. digitalFAQ. com -- Help with VHS to DVD, DVD recorders, other video / photo issues.

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

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