screen
[ skreen ]
/ skrin /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to be projected on a motion-picture screen.
Origin of screen
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)
synonym study for screen
7. See
cover.
OTHER WORDS FROM screen
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Example sentences from the Web for unscreened
British Dictionary definitions for unscreened (1 of 2)
unscreened
/ (ʌnˈskriːnd) /
adjective
not sheltered or concealed by a screen
not passed through a screen; unsifted
(of a film) not yet on show to the public
not put through a security check
British Dictionary definitions for unscreened (2 of 2)
screen
/ (skriːn) /
noun
verb (tr)
Derived forms of screen
screenable, adjective screener, noun screenful, noun screenlike, adjectiveWord Origin for screen
C15: from Old French
escren (French
écran); related to Old High German
skrank, German
Schrank cupboard
Medical definitions for unscreened
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.
v.
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.
Scientific definitions for unscreened
screen
[ skrēn ]
The surface on which an image is displayed, as on a television, computer monitor, or radar receiver.
An electrode placed between the plate (anode) and the control grid in a tetrode valve, used to reduce the capacitance between the grid and the plate, increasing its ability to respond to high frequencies, especially radio frequencies.