screen
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (9)
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewingSynonyms: silver screenprojection screen
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”Synonyms: blind
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tubeSynonyms: CRT screen
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something“a screen of trees afforded privacy”“under cover of darkness”“the brush provided a covert for game”“the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background”Synonyms: covercovertconcealment
- a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame“they put screens in the windows for protection against insects”“a metal screen protected the observers”
- the personnel of the film industry“a star of stage and screen”Synonyms: filmdomscreenland
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particlesSynonyms: sieve
- a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door“he heard the screen slam as she left”Synonyms: screen door
- partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space
Verb (7)
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection“screen the blood for the HIV virus”Synonyms: test
- examine methodically“screen the suitcases”
- examine in order to test suitability“screen these samples”“screen the job applicants”Synonyms: screen outsievesort
- project onto a screen for viewing“screen a film”
- prevent from entering“block out the strong sunlight”Synonyms: block out
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaffSynonyms: riddle
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harmSynonyms: shield
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen. [1913 Webster]
Your leavy screens throw down.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
2.(Arch.) 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. [1913 Webster]
3.A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc. [1913 Webster]
4.A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like. [1913 Webster]
5.(Cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
6.a netting, usu. of metal, contained in a frame, used mostly in windows or doors to allow in fresh air while excluding insects.
Screen door, a door of which half or more is composed of a screen.
Screen window, a screen inside a frame, fitted for insertion into a window frame. [PJC]
7.The surface of an electronic device, as a television set or computer monitor, on which a visible image is formed. The screen is frequently the surface of a cathode-ray tube containing phosphors excited by the electron beam, but other methods for causing an image to appear on the screen are also used, as in flat-panel displays. [PJC]
8.The motion-picture industry; motion pictures. "A star of stage and screen." [PJC]
1.To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill. [1913 Webster]
They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
2.To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift. [1913 Webster]
3.to examine a group of objects methodically, to separate them into groups or to select one or more for some purpose. As: (a) To inspect the qualifications of candidates for a job, to select one or more to be hired. (b) (Biochem., Med.) to test a large number of samples, in order to find those having specific desirable properties; as, to screen plant extracts for anticancer agents. [PJC]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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 price and performance.
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2.A screen multiplexer utility which lets you run multiple interactive terminal sessions (and curses programs) through a single terminal connection (on one virtual console, one terminal, through one modem link, telnet session or xterm).
Screen can detach processes from one terminal and attach them to another. "Auto-detach" lets you continue working after being disconnected and reconnected. It supports keyboard driven cut and paste from any text and/or curses application (like Lynx) to any other (like xemacs).
Screen comes with many Linux distributions and is available (free) on many other Unix platforms.
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The Jargon File
[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.