| inglés > español | |
| screen | |
| 1. s. Pantalla. | |
| 2. s. Filtro, malla. | |
| 3. vt. Filtrar. | |
| inglés > inglés | |
| screen | |
| 1. s. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. |  |
| a fire screen |  |
| 2. s. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass. |  |
| 3. s. The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed. |  |
| 4. s. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation. |  |
| 5. s. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens. |  |
| 6. s. (computer) The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen. |  |
| After you turn on the computer, the login screen appears. |  |
| 7. s. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. |  |
| 8. s. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects |  |
| Jones caught the foul up against the screen. |  |
| 9. s. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible. |  |
| 10. s. (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the |  |
| 11. s. (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself. |  |
| 12. s. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection. |  |
| 13. s. (architecture) 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, etc. |  |
| 14. s. (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions. |  |
| 15. v. To filter by passing through a screen. |  |
| Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel. |  |
| 16. v. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing |  |
| The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing. |  |
| 17. v. (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen). |  |
| The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight. |  |
| 18. v. To fit with a screen. |  |
| We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy. |  |
| 19. v. (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease. |  |
| 20. v. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein. |  |
| español > inglés | |
| pantalla | |
| 1. n-f. screen |  |
| 2. n-f. (computing) display screen |  |
| 3. n-f. lampshade |  |
| 4. n-f. (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela) non-folding rigid hand fan, cf. Japanese uchiwa |  |
| 5. n-f. (Puerto Rico) earring |  |