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microscreen, n.|ˈmaɪkrəʊskriːn|
Also micro-screen.
[f. micro- 1 a + screen n.1]
1. A screen with a fine mesh, spec. one used for filtering liquids.
A proprietary name (Micro-screen) in some applications.
1959Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 24 Feb. tm 148/2 Micro-screen. For filter assemblies and cartridges therefor for filtering and purifying fluids. 1981Engineering News-Record 19 Feb. 49/1 URS Co...is preparing working drawings for sanitary sewer treatment plant, and operations, service and microscreen buildings. 1988Los Angeles Times 15 Sept. viii. 37/4 A cone-shaped, 23.7-karat, gold-plated microscreen that filters out bitter-tasting sediments from brewed coffee.
2. Any small or miniature screen intended for display; spec. in Computing, a liquid crystal display built into the keyboards of some microcomputers.
1979Economist 1 Sept. 79/1 It was the latest wing-a-ding high-technology product from..Sinclair Radionics when it was launched in January, 1977; the world's first pocket (well, 1½ lb) micro-screen television. 1983Austral. Microcomputer Mag. Sept. 87/2 ACT and Victor claim the major innovation is the built-in microscreen, a two-line 40 column LCD incorporating a digital calendar and clock. 1986Byte Apr. 306/3 Apricot has revived the microscreen for the XEN keyboard, a single-line LCD built into the keyboard that shows the date and time by default. |