screen /skrēn/

1. A shield against danger, observation, wind, heat, light, or other outside influence
2. A piece of room furniture in the form of a folding framework or of a panel on a stand
3. A clothes-horse (Scot)
4. A large scarf or stole (Allan Ramsay)
5. A windscreen
6. A sheltering row of trees, shrubs, etc
7. A body of troops or formation of ships intended as a cover for the bulk of the army or fleet
8. A wall masking a building (also screen wall)
9. A partial partition separating off part of a room, a church choir, or side chapel
10. A coarse sifting apparatus
11. In some cameras, a glass plate with a pattern of various kinds on it to aid in focusing
12. A glass plate with rules or dots of a given coarseness or frequency for printing half-tone photographs
13. A mosaic of primary colours for colour photography
14. The surface on which a cinema film, television or computer image or slide projection is seen
15. (with the) the medium of cinema or television
16. A white board on the perimeter of a cricket ground, against which the batsman can pick out the ball moving towards him
17. A screen grid

1. To shelter or conceal
2. To sift coarsely
3. To sort out by, or subject to, tests of ability, trustworthiness, desirability, etc
4. To test for illness, etc
5. To protect from stray electrical interference
6. To prevent from causing outside electrical interference
7. To project or exhibit on a cinema, television or slide screen or on cinema or TV screens generally
8. To make a motion picture of

To show up on, or be suitable for, the screen

screenˈable adjective

screenˈer noun

screenˈful noun

As much information as can be displayed on a computer or TV screen at one time

screenˈing noun

screenˈings plural noun

Material eliminated by sifting

screenˈāger noun

A young person skilled in the use of computers and the Internet

screenˈcraft noun

The technique of making films

screen door noun

(in N America) a frame of wood or metal with netting panels, to exclude insects when the door proper is open

screen dump or screen grab noun (computing)

1. A record of the display on a computer screen that can be printed or saved as an image file
2. A single frame from a television or video film saved as a still image

screen grid noun

An electrode placed between the control grid and anode in a valve, having an invariable potential to eliminate positive feedback and instability

screening test noun

A test carried out on a large number of people to identify those who have, or are likely to develop, a specified disease

screenˈplay noun

The written text for a film, with dialogue, stage directions, and descriptions of characters and setting

screen printing and screen process same as silkscreen printing and silkscreen process (see silkscreen under silk).

screen saver noun (computing)

A program which, after a period of user inactivity, replaces the screen image with a usu moving pattern

screen'shot noun

An image representing the display of a computer screen at a particular time

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