screening : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: screening	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for screening
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
screening n the display of a motion picture [syn: screening, showing, viewing] fabric of metal or plastic mesh the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" Synonym(s): cover, covering, screening, masking testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screen \Screen\ (skr[emac]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screening}.] 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. They were encouraged and screened by some who were in high commands. --Macaulay. 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.