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გამოთქმა: /skriːn/

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  • 1a fixed or movable upright partition used to divide a room, give shelter from draughts, heat, or light, or to provide concealment or privacy: the Special Branch man remained hidden behind the screen for prosecution witnesses a room with a red carpet and screens with oriental decorations
  • a thing providing concealment or protection:his jeep was discreetly parked behind a screen of trees the article is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice
  • [often with modifier] Architecture a partition of carved wood or stone separating the nave of a church from the chancel, choir, or sanctuary: the chancel screen retains two sections of the original oak arcadingSee also rood screen.
  • a windscreen of a motor vehicle:a branch whipped across the screen and tore off one of the wipers
  • a frame with fine wire netting used in a window or doorway to keep out mosquitoes and other flying insects: gauze screens fitted to the doors and windows were tightly closed
  • 2the surface of a cathode ray tube or similar electronic device, especially that of a television, computer, or monitor, on which images and data are displayed: a television screen [mass noun]:a computerized reservation system allows a travel agent to search on screen for a suitable flight
  • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected:two historical swashbucklers are due to fill cinema screens this year
  • (the screen) films or television; the film industry:she’s a star of the track as well as the screen
  • the data or images displayed on a computer screen:pressing the F1 key at any time will display a help screen
  • Photography a flat piece of ground glass on which the image formed by a camera lens is focused.
  • 3 Printing a transparent finely ruled plate or film used in half-tone reproduction.
  • 4 [in singular] a system of checking a person or thing for the presence or absence of something, typically a disease:services offered by the centre include a health screen for people who have just joined the company
  • 5a part of an electrical or other instrument which protects it from or prevents it causing electromagnetic interference.
  • Electronics (also screen grid) a grid placed between the control grid and the anode of a valve to reduce the capacitance between these electrodes.
  • 6 Military a detachment of troops or ships detailed to cover the movements of the main body: HMS Prince Leopold and HMS Prince Charles sailed for Shetland with a screen of four destroyers
  • 7a large sieve or riddle, especially one for sorting substances such as grain or coal into different sizes: the material retained on each sieve screen is weighed in turn

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  • 1conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen:her hair swung across to screen her face a high hedge screened all of the front from passers-by
  • (screen something off) separate something from something else with or as if with a screen:an area had been screened off as a waiting room
  • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant:in my country a man of my rank would be screened completely from any risk of attack
  • prevent from causing or protect from electromagnetic interference:ensure that your microphone leads are properly screened from hum pickup
  • 2show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme):the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year
  • 3test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease:outpatients were screened for cervical cancer
  • 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 be screened by a preselection committee
  • evaluate or analyse (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application:only one per cent of rainforest plants have been screened for medical use
  • (screen someone/thing out) exclude someone or something after evaluation or investigation:anti-spam software can screen out large amounts of unwanted email
  • 4pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes: granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down
  • 5 Printing project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone.

screenable

adjective

screener

noun

screenful

noun

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