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Glossary: Frame

By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com

Definition: In animation, a "frame" is a single complete image out of the sequence of images comprising an animation. Taken alone, the frame is just a drawing - a piece of art. When sequenced with other drawings, it becomes an animation frame.
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