WIDESCREEN

Meaning of WIDESCREEN in English

/ ˈwaɪdskriːn; NAmE / noun

[ U ] a way of presenting images on television with the width a lot greater than the height

SYN letterbox

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

WIDESCREEN — adj. wider than original standard of television screen
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WIDESCREEN — ■ adjective (of a cinema or television screen) presenting a wide field of vision in relation to height.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WIDESCREEN — I. wide·screen 1 /ˈwaɪdskriːn/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . a widescreen television is much wider than it is high 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIDESCREEN — A widescreen television has a screen that is wide in relation to its height. ADJ : usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDESCREEN — A ~ television has a screen that is wide in relation to its height. ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WIDESCREEN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a widescreen television ▪ Widescreen televisions are getting more popular, especially in home cinema systems.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIDESCREEN — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WIDESCREEN — noun Widescreen is used before these nouns: ↑ display , ↑ television
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WIDESCREEN — A general term for film presentation in which a film is shown in an aspect ratio of greater than 1.33 …
Film and Video English vocabulary
WIDESCREEN — Соотношение сторон экрана
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CINEMASCOPE — n. widescreen movie format where a film is projected at a 2.66:1 ratio (twice as wide as conventional lenses could …
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PAN — ~ 1 [ ~ ] ■ noun 1》 a metal container for cooking food in. 2》 a bowl fitted at …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PAN AND SCAN — a technique for narrowing the aspect ratio of a widescreen film to fit a television screen by continuously selecting the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LETTER BOX — ■ noun 1》 Brit. a slot in a door through which mail is delivered. 2》 ( letterbox ) a format …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOTION-PICTURE TECHNOLOGY
Britannica English vocabulary
TELEVISION — / ˈtelɪvɪʒn; NAmE / noun ( abbr. TV ) 1. (also ˈtelevision set ) (also BrE informal telly ) [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LETTERBOX — / ˈletəbɒks; NAmE -tərb-/ noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] = widescreen ■ verb [ vn ] to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TV — TV S2 W2 /ˌtiː ˈviː◂/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] television on TV I watched the film on TV. …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TELEVISION — tel ‧ e ‧ vi ‧ sion S1 W1 /ˈteləˌvɪʒ ə n, ˈtelɪˌvɪʒ ə n, ˌteləˈvɪʒ ə n/ BrE AmE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCREEN — ( screens, screening, screened) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A screen …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APE-TOUCHING — Describes an item that a person is in great awe of. A reference to the Dawn of Man scene in …
Slang English vocab
TELEVISION — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broadcast ( esp. AmE ), cable , closed-circuit , digital , high-definition , satellite , terrestrial ( …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SCREEN — I. noun 1 on a TV, computer, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big , giant , huge , large ▪ small , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DISPLAY — I. noun 1 arrangement of things ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive , beautiful , colourful/colorful , dazzling , excellent , fine , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CINEMASCOPE — A trade name for a system of anamorphic widescreen projection.(Cinematography)
Film and Video English vocabulary
ANAMORPHIC VIDEO — Found on a large number of DVD's, anamorphic video appears to squeeze a 1.78 picture shape into a 1.33 image …
Film and Video English vocabulary

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