screen

Japanese: スクリーン
screen
〘noun〙 (screen)① A partition covered with cloth. ※Daido Mumon (1926)〈Satomi Ton〉Ichiban Tori "I hid behind the screen and quickly changed into my everyday clothes."② A white or silver screen or surface for projecting movies, slides, etc. Projection screen. Silver screen. ※A Maria ( 1923)〈Tanizaki Junichiro〉IV "The strong light that penetrated it burned up like silver on the surface of the screen."③ The screen of a movie. Also, the world of movies. The film world. Silver screen. ※Asakusa (1931)〈Sato Hachirō〉Asakusa Hosozai "On the screen was a love scene between Nancy, Carol and Richard Arlen."④ In printing and plate making, a film or glass plate used to convert light and dark originals such as photographs and paintings into halftone dots so that they can be expressed. Mesh screen. [Modern Terminology Dictionary (1930)] 5. A coarse cloth stretched over the top frame of a mimeograph printing machine.

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Japanese:
〘名〙 (screen)① 布を張ったついたて。※大道無門(1926)〈里見弴〉一番鶏「屏風(スクリーン)の陰にはいって、大急ぎで普段着に着更へて」② 映画、スライドなどを投影するための、白色、または銀色の幕、または面。映写幕。銀幕。※ア・マリア(1923)〈谷崎潤一郎〉四「それを射徹す強い光線がスクリーンの面へ銀のやうに燃え上るのだ」③ 映画の画面。また、映画の世界。映画界。銀幕。※浅草(1931)〈サトウハチロー〉浅草微笑罪「スクリーンでは、ナンシーキャロル・リチャードアーレンのラブシーンである」④ 印刷製版において、写真、絵画など、濃淡のある原稿を表現できるように網点に変換するのに用いるフィルムまたはガラス板。網目スクリーン。〔モダン用語辞典(1930)〕⑤ 謄写版印刷機の、上部のわくに張った、目のあらい布。

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