screening
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See also: Screening
English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈskɹiːnɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːnɪŋ
Noun
[edit]screening (countable and uncountable, plural screenings)
- (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
- I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.
- The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve).
- (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
- quarries and mines seeking markets for screenings
- (by extension, uncountable) The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as:
- Hyponym: prescreening
- The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient.
- 2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, in RAIL, number 991, page 49:
- This train of thought led the Company's Safety Directorate towards the revised standard […] of October 1993, which cemented a national scheme of testing for alcohol and drugs following safety-critical incidents or on suspicion of unfitness for duty, unannounced drugs screening for staff in safety-critical posts, a fixed standard for alcohol/blood levels, and clear guidelines for lunch breaks.
- (medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.
- (business) Identifying latent unsuitabilities in business propositions, job applicants, or investment opportunities.
- (countable) A test or method used for this purpose.
- The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
- (soccer) Shielding.
- (volleyball) Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- (showing of a film): big screen, small screen
Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]mesh material that is used to screen
process of checking or filtering
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showing of a film
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examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
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material removed by such a process
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soccer: shielding — see shielding
medicine: method to identify a disease in a non-symptomatic population
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See also
[edit]- (performing the work needed to uncover latent problems): due diligence, weeding out
Verb
[edit]screening
- present participle and gerund of screen
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English screening.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]screening m (uncountable)
Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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