screen

(skrēn)

1. A movable device, especially a framed construction such as a room divider or a decorative panel, designed to divide, conceal, or protect.
2. One that serves to protect, conceal, or divide: Security guards formed a screen around the President. A screen of evergreens afforded privacy from our neighbors.
3. A coarse sieve used for sifting out fine particles, as of sand, gravel, or coal.
4. A system for preliminary appraisal and selection of personnel as to their suitability for particular jobs.
5. A window or door insertion of framed wire or plastic mesh used to keep out insects and permit air flow.
6. 1. The white or silver surface on which a picture is projected for viewing.
   2. The movie industry: a star of stage and screen. Also called silver screen.
7. 1. Electronics. The phosphorescent surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.
   2. Computer Science. The information or image displayed at a given time on such a computer monitor: printing a hard copy of the screen.
8. Electronics. The electrode placed between the anode and the control grid in a tetrode valve. Also called screen grid.
9. Printing. A glass plate marked off with crossing lines, placed before the lens of a camera when photographing for halftone reproduction.
10. A body of troops or ships sent in advance of or surrounding a larger body to protect or warn of attack.
11. 1. Sports. A block, set with the body, that impedes the vision or movement of an opponent.
    2. Football. A screen pass.

1. To provide with a screen: screen a porch.
2. 1. To conceal from view with or as if with a screen. See synonyms at block, hide¹.
   2. To protect, guard, or shield.
3. To separate or sift out (fine particles of sand, for example) by means of a sieve or screen.
4. To show or project (a movie, for example) on a screen.
5. 1. To examine (a job applicant, for example) systematically in order to determine suitability.
   2. To test or evaluate (a student) to determine placement in an educational system or to identify specific learning needs.
   3. To test or examine for the presence of disease or infection: screen blood; screen a patient.
   4. To subject to genetic screening.
6. Sports.
   1. To block the vision or movement of (an opponent) with the body.
   2. To obscure an opponent's view of (a shot) by positioning oneself between the opponent and the shooter.

[Middle English screne, from Old North French escren, from Middle Dutch scherm, shield, screen.]

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The display area of a computer monitor or TV set. The terms "screen," "terminal" and "monitor" are used synonymously, although technically, the screen is only the visual display part of a monitor or terminal. See CRT and flat panel display.

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In general: select or eliminate names or items from a list or group based upon some selection criteria, such as income, occupation, or gender. In direct marketing, screening is used to identify qualified leads and to make list rental selections.

Advertising:

1. Surface on which a commercial or other film can be projected.

2. View a commercial or other film prior to release to ascertain audience reaction.

Fulfillment: cathode-ray tube display in a predetermined format that provides or requests the information needed for a specific purpose. For example, an order-entry screen will request the customer's name and address, as well as the item(s) ordered, the quantity, and the price. A change-of-address screen will show the old address and leave blank space for input of the new address.

New product development: process of ruling out some new product ideas and choosing others for further development. This is necessary in order to concentrate the marketer's resources on those new product concepts with the most potential for success. The screening process should consider a variety of factors including potential market demand, manufacturing expense, and technical and managerial requirements. Screening errors consist of eliminating good concepts and failing to eliminate poor concepts.

Printing: grid device used in halftone and four-color process printing to create an image, as photographed through the screen, consisting of dots that can be reproduced more easily than a continuous-tone image. Screens vary in size from 55 to 300 lines per inch, depending primarily on the level of detail required in the print. See also contact screen; respi screen.

verb

1. To cut off from sight: block (out), conceal, hide¹, obscure, obstruct, shroud, shut off (or out). See show/hide.
2. To shelter, especially from light: shade, shadow. See protection/exposure.
3. To examine (material) and remove parts considered harmful or improper for publication or transmission: bowdlerize, censor, expurgate. See include/exclude, show/hide.

Definition: hide, protect
Antonyms: lay open, open, reveal, uncover

[Atari ST demoscene] One demoeffect or one screenful of them. Probably comes from old Sierra-style adventures or shoot-em-ups where one travels from one place to another one screenful at a time.

n. 1. a thing providing concealment or protection: his jeep was discreetly parked behind a screen of trees.

2. a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body.

1. conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen: a high hedge screened all of the front from passersby.

2. check on or investigate (someone), typically to ascertain whether they are suitable for or can be trusted in a particular situation or job: all prospective presidential candidates would have to screened by the committee.

3. evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application: only one percent of rain forest plants have been screened for medical use.

4. (screen someone/something out) exclude someone or something after such evaluation or investigation: only those refugees who are screened out are sent back to Vietnam.

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1. Any construction whose essential function is merely to separate, protect, seclude, or conceal, but not to support.
2. A covered framework, either fixed or movable, that serves as a protection against sun, fire, wind, rain, cold, or insects.
3. A metallic plate or sheet, a woven wire cloth, or other similar device, with regularly spaced apertures of uniform size, mounted in a suitable frame or holder for use in separating material according to size; also called a sieve.

(DOD, NATO) 1. An arrangement of ships, aircraft and/or submarines to protect a main body or convoy. 2. In cartography, a sheet of transparent film, glass, or plastic carrying a "ruling" or other regularly repeated pattern which may be used in conjunction with a mask, either photographically or photomechanically, to produce areas of the pattern. 3. In surveillance, camouflage and concealment, any natural or artificial material, opaque to surveillance sensor(s), interposed between the sensor(s) and the object to be camouflaged or concealed. See also concealment. 4. A security element whose primary task is to observe, identify, and report information, and which only fights in self-protection. See also flank guard; guard. 5. (DOD only) A task to maintain surveillance; provide early warning to the main body; or impede, destroy, and harass enemy reconnaissance within its capability without becoming decisively engaged.

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The dreamer may be needing to screen out information that she or he may not be able to assimilate.

1. to protect from; esp. from harmful agents or radioactivity using sheets of lead, glass, or plastic; or from radiofrequency interference using a copper sheath or wire net.
2. to sift data, often using a limited or general assay, for selection of a particular phenomenon or result; samples selected by preliminary screening can be isolated for more detailed study.
3. (in clinical chemistry) to carry out any diagnostic procedure on a large cohort of patients with a view to detecting hitherto asymptomatic disease; see also genetic screening.
4. any device or material that acts to screen.

1. a framework or agent used as a shield or protector.
2. to examine.

• fast s. — permits big reduction in exposure to x-ray beam.
• s. film — prepared to be used with intensifying screens. The standard film and marketed as being of standard, fast or ultrafast speeds.
• rare-earth s. — see rare-earth intensifying screen.

• Building and Machine Parts - screen: frame covered with mesh, usu. of wire
• Hardware and Peripherals - screen: video display terminal; contents of what appears on monitor
• Windows, Walls, and Facades - screen: frame holding fine wire mesh over door or window to exclude insects but permit ventilation
• Doors, Partitions, and Walls - screen: movable partition used to conceal or protect area of room
• Curtains, Draperies, and Screens - screen: freestanding partition, often hinged, that shields or separates an area of a room
• Types and Techniques of Warfare - screen: protective arrangement of military vehicles and equipment
• Movie People and Show Business - screen: flat, reflective white surface on which films are projected; (vb) show a film to an audience
• Television Technology - screen: television monitor displaying image
• Graphic Design - screen: creation of tonal value in artwork by regular pattern, usu. measured as dots per square inch
• Basketball
• Verbs of Sight - screen: examine in detail to differentiate
• Secrecy and Concealment - screen: something that shelters, protects, or conceals

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Contents 1 Separation or partitioning 2 Filtration/selection processes 3 Media display 4 Software 5 Arts 6 Gaming 7 Media 8 Other 9 See also

Screen may refer to:

Separation or partitioning

• Window screen, a wire mesh that covers a window opening
• Fire screen, a device to put in front of a fireplace
• Windbreak of trees or shrubs
• Windshield (windscreen), protects the driver of a vehicle
• Folding screen, a piece of decorative furniture
  • Byōbu, Japanese decorative folding screens
  • Coromandel Screen, a type of Chinese incised lacquer screen
  • Irworobongdo, a type of Korean folding screen
• Rainscreen, in building construction
• Rood screen, a partition in a church which separates the chancel from the nave
• Smoke screen, smoke released in order to mask the movement or location of military units

Filtration/selection processes

• Screening, the process of identifying or selecting members of a population based on one or more selection criteria
• Sieve, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones
• Genetic screen, a procedure to identify a particular kind of phenotype
• Mechanical screening, a unit operation in materials handling which separates product into multiple grades by particle size

Media display

• Display device, a cathode ray tube or liquid crystal display (LCD)
• Computer monitor or display screen
• Touchscreen, a display device that also takes input via embedded pressure sensors
• Projection screen, a viewing surface
• Television screen

Software

• GNU Screen, a computer program which multiplexes computer terminals
• another name for "dynpro" in ABAP programs
• Screen (image blending), a blending method for digital images

Arts

• Screen-printing (silk-screening), a method of printing
• Big screen, a nickname associated with the motion picture industry
• Split screen (filmmaking), a film composition paradigm in which multiple distinct film sequences are shown simultaneously and next to each other

Gaming

• Screen (bridge), a device used in some Bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other
• Screen (sports), when a player obstructs the vision or motion of another player

Media

• Screen (journal), a film and television studies journal published by Oxford University Press
• Screen (magazine), a weekly entertainment magazine from India
• Screenonline, online film and television magazine produced by the British Film Institute

Other

• Electronic page, an interface, scene, page, or group of content on an electronic display device
• Pat Screen, Louisiana State University football player and Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
• The conductive screen around the inner conductor(s) of an electrical cable, usually either foil or braided wire

See also

• All pages beginning with "Screen"
• All pages with titles containing "Screen"

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skærm, skillevæg, filter, fluenet, film, skærmbevoksning, slør
v. tr. - skærme, afskærme, sætte skærm for, skille fra, værne, sortere, filmatisere, forevise

idioms:

• screen actor    filmskuespiller
• screen adaptation    filmatisering
• screen adaption    justering af skærmen
• screen capture    skærmbillede
• screen saver    screen saver, pauseskærm, skærmslukker
• screen shot    filmindspilning
• screen test    prøvefilm

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherm, witte doek, beeldscherm, beschutting, windscherm, afschermen, camoufleren, doorlichten, projecteren, voorselecteren

Français (French)
n. - (Cin, Comput, TV) écran, paravent, cloison mobile, écran, (fig) couverture, (Méd) visite de dépistage, (Mil) rideau, crible, (US) grille
v. tr. - (Cin) projeter, (TV) diffuser, cacher, masquer, projeter, (Admin) examiner le cas de, contrôler le statut de, contrôler (des bagages), (Méd) faire passer des tests de dépistages à, cribler

idioms:

• screen actor    acteur de cinéma
• screen adaptation    adaptation pour l'écran
• screen adaption    adaptation cinématographique
• screen capture    (Comput) image d'écran
• screen saver    (Comput) protecteur d'écran
• screen shot    tournage de film
• screen test    (Cin) bout d'essai

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wandschirm, Wand, Sichtschutz, Maske, Schirm, Bildschirm, Leinwand, Sieb, Filter, Geleitschutz, Nebelvorhang, Windschutzscheibe
v. - abschirmen, bewahren, verdecken, vorführen

idioms:

• screen actor    Filmschauspieler
• screen adaptation    filmische Bearbeitung
• screen adaption    filmische Bearbeitung
• screen capture    Bildschirminhalte einfrieren, um sie zu bearbeiten
• screen saver    Bildschirmschoner
• screen shot    Bildschirmaufnahme
• screen test    Probeaufnahmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - οθόνη, προπέτασμα, παραβάν, κόσκινο, κρησάρα, σήτα, εικονοστάσι, τεστ επιλογής, (αθλοπ.) φράγμα, (ναυτ.) υπερκατασκευή
v. - προκαλύπτω, προστατεύω, αποκρύπτω, συγκαλύπτω, προβάλλω (σε οθόνη), κοσκινίζω

idioms:

• screen actor    ηθοποιός του κινηματογράφου
• screen adaptation    διασκευή για τη μεγάλη οθόνη
• screen capture    (Η/Υ) αποτύπωση οθόνης
• screen saver    (Η/Υ) πρόγραμμα προστασίας οθόνης
• screen shot    (Η/Υ) τμήμα εικόνας της οθόνης, "οθόνη"
• screen test    δοκιμαστικό (γύρισμα)

Italiano (Italian)
schermare, proiettare, esaminare, schermo

idioms:

• screen adaption    adattamento cinematografico
• screen test    audizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tela (f), biombo (m), guarda-vento (m)
v. - encobrir

idioms:

• screen adaption    adaptação para a tela
• screen test    teste de performance de representação para o cinema

Русский (Russian)
экран, ширма, защита, прикрытие, экранирующая сетка, щит для объявлений, использовать ширму, экран для защиты, прикрывать, прятать, экранизировать, демонстрировать на экране, сниматься в кино

idioms:

• screen adaption    экранизация, сценарий или кинофильм, сделанный на основе романа или пьесы
• screen test    проба на роль, ситовый анализ, отборочное испытание, пробовать на роль

Español (Spanish)
n. - biombo, tabique, cortina, pantalla, protección, tablón de anuncios
v. tr. - proteger, resguardar, tapar, ocultar, proyectar, tamizar, adaptar para el cine

idioms:

• screen actor    actor de pantalla
• screen adaptation    adaptación cinematográfica
• screen adaption    adaptación cinematográfica
• screen capture    (comp) captura de pantalla
• screen saver    protector de pantalla
• screen shot    prueba fotográfica
• screen test    prueba cinematográfica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skärm, skyddsskärm, skiljevägg, skärmfasad, ridå, radarskärm, vindruta, filter, dataskärm, film, ram
v. - skydda, skyla, dölja, skärma av, filtrera, gallra, undersöka, söka av, visa på bio, filmatisera, göra sig bra på film

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
屏, 银幕, 幕, 掩蔽, 拍摄, 放映

idioms:

• screen actor    电影演员
• screen adaptation    电影改编本
• screen adaption    电影改编本
• screen capture    画面攫取
• screen saver    屏幕保护程序
• screen shot    屏幕照片
• screen test    试镜头

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 屏, 銀幕, 幕
v. tr. - 掩蔽, 拍攝, 放映

idioms:

• screen actor    電影演員
• screen adaptation    電影改編本
• screen adaption    電影改編本
• screen capture    畫面攫取
• screen saver    屏幕保護程式
• screen shot    屏幕照片
• screen test    試鏡頭

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 칸막이, (영화용) 스크린, (컴퓨터) 화면
v. tr. - 가리다, (창문 등에) 철망을 달다, (석탄 등을) 체로 치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ついたて, 幕, スクリーン, 網戸, さえぎる物, ふるい, 映写幕, 画面
v. - 保護する, 覆い隠す, かくまう, 上映する, 選抜する, ふるいにかける, 映画に向く, さえぎる

idioms:

• screen actor    映画俳優
• screen adaptation    脚色
• screen adaption    淘汰
• screen test    スクリーンテスト

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حاجز, حجاب, غربال, شاشه ألسينما أو ألتلفزيون (فعل) يحجب, يغربل, يصور سينمائيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחיצה, מסך, מרקע, אקרן, מגן, מסווה, נפה, בד, קולנוע, רשת, שמשה קדמית במכונית, כילה, גוף בולם קרינה במכשיר (פיסיקה), זכוכוית אטומה במצלמה לצרכי מיקוד, לוח מקווקו לשעתוקי חצי-גוון (דפוס)‬
v. tr. - ‮הסתיר, הגן, מיסך, סוכך, רישת, סינן, בדק בקפדנות, הסריט, הקרין‬

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