Noun

(en noun)

The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.

The act of setting.

the setting of the sun

the setting , or hardening, of moist plaster of Paris

A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.

A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.

the volume setting on a television

The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.

Hunting with a setter.

Something set in, or inserted.

* Bible, Exodus xxviii. 17

Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.

A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).

*Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem

*Bach's setting of the Magnificat

Noun

(en noun)

(literally)   The arrangement of support beams that represent a building's general shape and size.

(figuratively)   The larger branches of a tree that determine its shape.

(figuratively, especially in, computing)   A basic conceptual structure.

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These ‘three principles of connexion’ comprise the framework of principles in Hume's account of the association of ideas.

(literally)   The identification and categorisation of processes or steps that constitute a complex task or mindset in order to render explicit the tacit and implicit.