Wireframe

DEFINITION

In digital imaging, a two-dimensional depiction of a three-dimensional object displayed as an interconnected straight-line segments; each edges of adjacent polygons. A wireframe looks much like a wire-constructed cage. A wireframe is most often used as the basis for the development of a more developed picture: a framework upon which to model a surface of varied values, colors, and textures. People who work with wireframes often shorten the word to "wires."