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screen·ing

(skrē′nĭng)

1. screenings(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Refuse, such as waste coal, separated by a screen.

2. The mesh material used to make door or window screens.

3. A presentation of a movie.

4. A systematic examination or assessment, done especially to detect an unwanted substance or attribute.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

screening

(ˈskriːnɪŋ)

1. (Medicine) med

a. the process of examining people for the presence of a disease

b. (as modifier): a screening programme.

2. (Film) the act or an instance of showing a film at a cinema or on television

3. (Broadcasting) the act or an instance of showing a film at a cinema or on television

4. the process of examining passengers and luggage for the presence of weapons etc

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

screen•ing

(ˈskri nɪŋ)

n.

1. the activity of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the qualifications of applicants.

2. the showing of a motion picture.

3. screenings, (used with a sing. or pl. v.)

a. undesirable material that has been separated from usable material by means of a screen.

b. extremely fine coal.

4. the meshed material used in screens for windows and doors.

[1715–25]

screening

Blocking the goalie’s view.

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Noun	1.	screening - the display of a motion picture showing, viewing display - exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage" preview - a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public
	2.	screening - fabric of metal or plastic mesh cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" screen - a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers"
	3.	screening - the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft" masking, cover, covering concealing, hiding, concealment - the activity of keeping something secret
	4.	screening - testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics testing - an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox" genetic screening - analyzing a group of people to determine genetic susceptibility to a particular disease; "genetic screening of infants for phenylketonuria"

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Selektion

blindage criblage fichage

screening

[ˈskriːnɪŋ] N

1. [of film] → proyección f; [of TV programme] → emisión f; (for the first time) → estreno m

2. (for security) → investigación f

3. (Med) [of person] → exploración f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

screening

[ˈskriːnɪŋ]

[film] → projection f

(MEDICINE) → test m (or tests mpl) de dépistage

[applicants, candidates] → filtrage m

[luggage, passengers] → contrôle m

modif (MEDICINE) [centre, programme, service] → de dépistagescreen legend n → légende f du cinémascreen memory n (COMPUTING) → mémoire f écranscreen name n

[actor] → pseudonyme m

(on the Internet) → pseudo m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

screening

(of film) → Vorführung f; (TV) → Sendung f

(of applicants, security risks) → Überprüfung f

(Med) → Röntgenuntersuchung f; (= tomography) → Computertomografie f

(Aviat) Gepäck- und Passagierkontrolle mit Durchleuchtungsgeräten

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

screening

[ˈskriːnɪŋ] n

a. (of film) → proiezione f (TV) → messa in onda

b. (also medical screening) → screening m inv

c. (for security) → controlli mpl (di sicurezza)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

screen·ing

n. escrutinio, averiguación, selección;

biochemical ___ → serie selectiva bioquímica;

multiphasic ___ → ___ múltiple;

prescriptive ___ → ___ prescrito.

screening

n cribado (form), tamizaje m (form), realización f de exámenes de detección; cancer — cribado or tamizaje del cáncer, detección f del cáncer (en personas sin síntomas, usando examenes)

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I explained our predicament, and stated that with what screening force remained I should continue in the air, making as rapid headway toward St.

When I saw that we soon would touch, I ordered the ship brought around broadside to the wind, and there we hovered a moment until a huge wave reached up and seized us upon its crest, and then I gave the order that suddenly reversed the screening force, and let us into the ocean.

He had invented several of the improvements that are incorporated in the later models of these generators, and I am convinced that he knows more concerning both the theory and the practice of screening gravitation than any living Pan-American.

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Revised guidelines raise lung cancer screening age !-- -- A proposed change to CHEST's lung cancer screening guidelines calls for raising the upper age for recent cigaret smokers to 77 years of age from 74 years of age.

Revised guidelines raise lung cancer screening age

The individuals were screened under the 'Screen For Life', the national breast and bowel screening programme which started offering screening services at the Al Wakrah Screening Suite at the Al Wakrah Health Center on January 31, 2016, followed by Leabaib Screening Suite at Leabaib Health Center in April same year and Rawdat Al Khail Screening Suite at Rawdat Al Khail Health Center in November 2016, in addition to the mobile screening.

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Newborn screening for primary congenital hypothyroidism is part of the U.S.

Identification of Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism Based on Two Newborn Screens--Utah, 2010-2016

Below is the festival's official and complete screening schedules in all venues.

Cinemalaya 2016 releases film screening schedules

PUBLIC Health Wales has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the free national screening programmes offered by the NHS.

Screening campaign is launched

Dr Rosemary Fox, director of screening division of Public Health Wales, said: "We are keen to build on the success of previous Screening for Life campaigns by engaging with even more members of the public about screening than ever before.

Campaign aims to 'help break down barriers' and promote free screening

Prostate cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in Canadian men.[sup.1] About one in seven men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and one in 27 will die from the disease.[sup.1] Since its introduction in the late 1980s, prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been largely adopted throughout North America.[sup.2,3] Despite its widespread use, the utility of prostate cancer screening remains controversial.

Prostate cancer screening: attitudes and practices of family physicians in Ontario

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