Look up: screen

1. screen
   1. (hardware) A generic term for a display device that shows text and/or images on a roughly flat rectangular surface. The most common type is usually refered to as a 'monitor' and is based on a cathode-ray tube, though flat panel displays have, since around 2000, become increasingly competitive in...
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2. Screen
   [bridge] The screen is a device used in some tournaments in duplicate bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other, in order to reduce the exchange of unauthorized information. It is a panel made of plywood, spanned canvas or similar material, which is placed vertical...
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3. Screen
   [sports] A screen is a blocking move by an offensive player, by standing beside or behind a defender, to free a teammate to shoot, receive a pass, or drive in to score. In basketball, it is also known as a pick. Screens can be on-ball (when set for the ball-handler), or off-ball (when set fo...
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4. Screen
   [ice hockey] In ice hockey, a screen is when a player is obstructing the goaltender`s view of the puck. The word can also be used as a verb, commonly "don`t screen the goaltender", or "the goalie was screened". Screens can be both planned, as when an attacking forward positions himself in fr...
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5. screen
   [n] - a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing 2. [n] - display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created 3. [n] - partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space 4. [n]...
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6. Screen
   A partition (of stone or wood). A rood screen was at the western end of the chancel, below a rood. A 'parclose screen' separated the rest of the church from a chapel.
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7. Screen
   The lined glass, now called contact film, through which images are photographed to create halftones. Shooting through the mesh of a screen breaks an image into tiny dots. The closer the lines of the screen, the smaller the dots and the more dots per inch; the farther apart the lines of the screen, t...
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8. screen
   an apparatus having holes or slits and intended for the separation of suspended material according to size Category: Various industries and crafts • surface onto which images are projected by a film or slide projector Category: General • an arrangement of shields to protect t...
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9. Screen
   See pulpitum.
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10. Screen
    A pierced barrier, often carved wood, dividing a space but allowing vision through to another area.
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11. Screen
    In a camera. the surface upon which the lens projects an image for viewfinding and, usually, focusing purposes. In SLR cameras. almost universally a Fresnel screen with a fine-ground surface. Often incorporates a microprism or split-image rangefinder.
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12. Screen
    Large vibrating sheet, or mat, of woven wire or polypropylene, with specific size holes through which aggregates fall through, and are collected.
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13. Screen
    Screen (skrēn) noun [ Middle English scren , Old French escrein , escran , French écran , of uncertain origin; confer German schirm a screen, Old High German scirm , scerm a protection, shield, ...
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14. Screen
    Screen (skrēn) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Screened ; present participle & verbal noun Screening .] 1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to...
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15. Screen
    Screen (skrēn) noun (Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
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16. screen
    1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill. 'They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high comands.' (...
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17. screen
    noun protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for protection against insects)
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18. screen
    projection screen noun a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
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19. screen
    concealment noun a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; `they crouched behind the screen`; `under cover of darkness`
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20. screen
    noun display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube on which is electronically created
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21. screen
    (skrēn) a framework or agent used as a shield or protector; called also protectant and protective. to separate well individuals in a population from those who have an undiagnosed disease, defect, or other pathologic condition or who are at high risk by means of tests, examinations, or other procedures...
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22. Screen
    • (n.) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better. • (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like. • (n...
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23. screen
    (from the article `basketball`) Legal action of a player who, without causing more than incidental contact, delays or prevents an opponent from reaching his desired position.
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24. screen
    (from the article `furniture`) ...that is, fastened to the wall within frames. Wall pictures made of paper and, subsequently, patterned wallpaper became a cheaper substitute for ... ...India, which has seven concentric enclosures. The dominant idea in delimiting the holy place is to protect the sacred element and its mystery. ... [2 ...
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25. screen
    (from the article `photoengraving`) The feasibility of the method was demonstrated in about 1850, when a halftone image was produced by photography through a screen of loosely woven ... The density of the print at each point depends on the depth of the cell at that point and the quantity of ink it contains, rather than on the ... [2 ...
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