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noun
1.
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
2.
a permanent, usually ornamental partition, as around the choir of a church or across the hall of a medieval house.
3.
a specially prepared, light-reflecting surface on which motion pictures, slides, etc., may be projected.
4.
motion pictures collectively or the motion-picture industry.
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Computers.
a.
Also called video screen. the portion of a terminal or monitor upon which information is displayed.
b.
frame (def. 10).
7.
anything that shelters, protects, or conceals: a screen of secrecy; A screen of fog prevented our seeing the ship.
8.
a frame holding a mesh of wire, cloth, or plastic, for placing in a window or doorway, around a porch, etc., to admit air but exclude insects.
9.
a sieve, riddle, or other meshlike device used to separate smaller particles or objects from larger ones, as for grain or sand.
10.
a system for screening or grouping people, objects, etc.
11.
Military. a body of troops sent out to protect the movement of an army.
12.
Navy. a protective formation of small vessels, as destroyers, around or in front of a larger ship or ships.
13.
Physics. a shield designed to prevent interference between various agencies: electric screen.
14.
Electronics. screen grid.
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Photography. a plate of ground glass or the like on which the image is brought into focus in a camera before being photographed.
16.
Photoengraving. a transparent plate containing two sets of fine parallel lines, one crossing the other, used in the halftone process.
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COLLAPSESports.
a.
any of various offensive plays in which teammates form a protective formation around the ball carrier, pass receiver, shooter, etc.
b.
any of various defensive plays in which teammates conceal or block an opposing ball carrier, pass receiver, shooter, or the goal, basket, net, etc., itself.
verb (used with object)
18.
to shelter, protect, or conceal with or as if with a screen.
19.
to select, reject, consider, or group (people, objects, ideas, etc.) by examining systematically: Job applicants were screened by the personnel department.
20.
to provide with a screen or screens to exclude insects: He screened the porch so they could enjoy sitting out on summer evenings.
21.
to sift or sort by passing through a screen.
22.
EXPANDto project (a motion picture, slide, etc.) on a screen.
23.
Movies.
a.
to show (a motion picture), especially to an invited audience, as of exhibitors and critics.
b.
to photograph with a motion-picture camera; film.
c.
to adapt (a story, play, etc.) for presentation as a motion picture.
24.
COLLAPSEto lighten (type or areas of a line engraving) by etching a regular pattern of dots or lines into the printing surface.
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Screens
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
verb (used without object)
25.
to be projected on a motion-picture screen.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English screne (noun) < Anglo-French; Old French escren (French écran) < Frankish *skrank, cognate with Old High German scrank barrier (German Schrank cupboard)
1350–1400; Middle English screne (noun) < Anglo-French; Old French escren (French écran) < Frankish *skrank, cognate with Old High German scrank barrier (German Schrank cupboard)
Related forms
screen·a·ble, adjective
screen·er, noun
screen·less, adjective
screen·like, adjective
re·screen, verb (used with object)
EXPANDsu·per·screen, noun, adjective
un·screen·a·ble, adjective
un·screened, adjective
well-screened, adjective
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Word Origin & History
screen
1393, probably from an aphetic (Anglo-Fr.?) variant of O.N.Fr. escren, O.Fr. escran "a screen against heat" (1318), perhaps from M.Du. scherm "screen, cover," or Frank. *skrank "barrier," from a Gmc. root related to O.H.G. skirm, skerm "protection" (cf. skirmish). Meaning "net-wire frame used in windows
EXPANDand doors" is recorded from 1895. Meaning "flat horizontal surface for reception of projected images" is from 1810, originally in ref. to magic lantern shows; later of movies. Transf. sense of "cinema world collectively" is attested from 1914; hence screenplay (1938), screen test (1922), screenwriter (1921). Verbal meaning "to shield from punishment, to conceal" is recorded from 1485; meaning "examine systematically for suitability" is from 1943; sense of "to release a movie" is from 1915. Screen saver first attested 1990.
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Medical Dictionary
screen (skrēn)
n.
One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide.
The white or silver surface on which a picture is projected for viewing.
A screen memory.
To process a group of people in order to select or separate certain individuals from it.
To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection.
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