- wide-screen
- adjective Date: 1953 of or relating to a projected picture whose aspect ratio is substantially greater than 1.33:1
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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wide´screen´ — wide screen, a screen for showing motion pictures that has greater width than height and is curved to give the illusion of realism. –wide´screen´, adjective … Useful english dictionary
wide-screen — wide′ screen′ adj. 1) mot sbz of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, in an average ratio of 2.5 to 1 2) rtv of, noting, or pertaining to a television screen that is larger than average … From formal English to slang
wide-screen — adjective (motion pictures) projected on a screen with much greater width than height (Freq. 1) • Similar to: ↑wide, ↑broad * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : of or relating to a projected picture whose aspect ratio is substantially greater than 1.33:1 … Useful english dictionary
Wide screen — TV A term given to picture displays with a wider aspect ratio than NTSC 4:3. Digital HDTV or SDTV is referred to as 16:9 wide screen. Most motion pictures also have a 16:9 wide screen aspect ratio. Most Digital TVs have a screen that is wider… … Audio and video glossary
wide screen — noun a projection screen that is much wider than it is high (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑screen, ↑silver screen, ↑projection screen * * * wide screen, a screen for showing motion pictures that has greater width than height and is curved to give the… … Useful english dictionary
wide-screen TV — television which has an extra wide screen … English contemporary dictionary
Wide Screen Signalling — PALplus ist eine zu PAL kompatible Sendenorm für analoges Farbfernsehen. Neue Eigenschaften sind dabei die senderseitige Unterdrückung von Farbartefakten, Geisterbilderunterdrückung (optional) ein 16:9 Modus, der mehr Informationen enthält als… … Deutsch Wikipedia
wide-screen — /wuyd skreen /, adj. of, noting, or pertaining to motion pictures projected on a screen having greater width than height, usually in a ratio of 1 to 2.5. [1950 55] * * * … Universalium
wide-screen — /ˈwaɪd skrin/ (say wuyd skreen) adjective denoting films projected on to a screen having greater width than height, intended to give the audience a greater sense of actuality …
Wide-screen — Stort filmlærred … Danske encyklopædi
