Fromscreen +-ing.
screening (countable anduncountable,pluralscreenings)
- (uncountable)Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
I'll have to buy somescreening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.
- Theexamination andtreatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve).
- Synonyms:sieving,straining,sifting
- (in theplural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
quarries and mines seeking markets forscreenings
- (by extension, uncountable) Theexamination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of varioustesting,checking, orfiltering processes, as:
- Hyponym:prescreening
The airports are slow now because the pre-boardingscreening is so inefficient.
2023 September 6, Greg Morse, “One more for the road?”, inRAIL, number991, page49: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 drugsscreening for staff in safety-critical posts, a fixed standard for alcohol/blood levels, and clear guidelines for lunch breaks.
- (medicine) Identifyingcases of a disease in a population ofasymptomatic persons.
- (business) Identifyinglatent unsuitabilities in business propositions, job applicants, or investment opportunities.
- (countable) Atest ormethod used for this purpose.
- Synonym:screen
- Hyponym:prescreen
variousscreenings to administer first
- Theshowing of afilm, typically byprojecting it on a screen.
- (soccer)Shielding.
- (volleyball)Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing theserver and the flight path of the ball.
mesh material that is used to screen
process of checking or filtering
examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
material removed by such a process
medicine: method to identify a disease in a non-symptomatic population
screening
- presentparticiple andgerund ofscreen
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishscreening.
- IPA(key): /ˈskɾinin/[ˈskɾi.nĩn]
- IPA(key): /esˈkɾinin/[esˈkɾi.nĩn]
- Syllabification:scree‧ning
screening m (uncountable)
- screening
- Synonym:cribado
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