multiscreenadj.n.
/ˈmʌltɪskriːn/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈskrin/; see also multi- comb. form. A. adj.
1. Having more than one screen for displaying film. Of a cinematographic or artistic technique: involving the use of several screens showing film concurrently. Of a cinema complex: having several auditoria each with its own screen; = multiplex adj. 7.
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1961 Film Q. Spring 35 At the Brussels and Moscow Expositions multiscreen arrangements were displayed.
1967 Economist 21 Oct. 267/1 A film in the very latest multiscreen technique extolled the opportunities for everyone in this blossoming province.
1971 Lima (Ohio) News 29 Aug. b14/1 (headline) Multi-screen theater idea cuts employees, ups profits.
1989 Broadcast 18 Aug. 25/1 The company produced..several montage and multi-screen trailers for forthcoming programmes and events.
1991 Interior Design Feb. 12/2 Even in new multi-screen cinemas, little consideration has been given at the design stage to disabled people's needs.
1997 Chicago Tribune 17 Aug. i. 16/1 R. M. Chinn and Associates plans an indoor shopping mall with hotel and multiscreen cinema at St. Clair and Illinois Streets.
2. Computing. Involving or relating to several different computer screens (actual or virtual).
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [adjective] > relating to monitor
screen-oriented1965
flat screen1970
active matrix1975
screen-based1977
multiscreen1984
Multisync1990
1984 Which Micro? Dec. 84/3 You must collect one object from each screen in this multi-screen arcade adventure.
1991 Unix World Aug. 50 (advt.) Every user sees what the console user sees:..The same full-color graphics. The same multiscreen capabilities for multitasking.
2011 W. Harrel HTML, CSS, & JavaScript Mobile Devel. for Dummies 148 You can get an idea how your pages will look at various screen sizes with that program's Multiscreen option.
B. n.
1. In plural. An array of screens operating concurrently, esp. to display a composite image.
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1962 News Rec. (North Hills, Pennsylvania) 22 Aug. 21/1 The multi-screen often reflects five color scenes and one black-and-white one.
1975 Amer. Q. 27 349 A substantial and sophisticated audio-visual program..employing multi-speakers and multi-screens, that presented the role of the railroad in urban growth.
2011 S. Atkinson in S. Spencer Visual Res. Meth. Social Sci. ii. 186 An explosion of this use of the multi-screen in fiction film occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
2. A cinema containing several screens; = multiplex adj. 5.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > types of
nickelodeon1888
home theatre1914
screening room1918
art house1925
indie1928
drive-in1931
ozoner1948
bughouse1952
hardtop1955
cinematheque1965
multi1970
skin house1970
stroke house1971
multiscreen1974
1974 Barron's National Business & Financial Weekly 14 Oct. 39/2 Only 58 will be single screen units, after allowing for conversion of 24 houses to multi-screens.
1988 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Oct. Spending £20 million over the next two years converting the bigger cinemas in its 80-strong chain into multi-screens.
1999 J. D. Beasley Story of Peckham & Nunhead 89 Like many modern cinemas, the Premier is a multiscreen.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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