screening
noun
[ ˈskriːnɪŋ ]
• a showing of a film, video, or television programme.
• "filmgoers were shut out in droves from the film's many screenings in Cannes"
• the evaluation or investigation of something as part of a methodical survey, to assess suitability for a particular role or purpose.
• "nowhere is drug screening more common than in the federal criminal justice system"
• refuse separated by sieving grain.
screen
verb
• conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen.
• "her hair swung across to screen her face"
Similar:
conceal,
hide,
mask,
shield,
shelter,
shade,
protect,
guard,
safeguard,
veil,
cloak,
camouflage,
disguise,
• show (a film or video) or broadcast (a television programme).
• "the show is to be screened by the BBC later this year"
Similar:
show,
present,
air,
broadcast,
transmit,
televise,
put out,
put on the air,
telecast,
relay,
• test (a person or substance) for the presence or absence of a disease.
• "outpatients were screened for cervical cancer"
• pass (a substance such as grain or coal) through a large sieve or screen, especially so as to sort it into different sizes.
• "granulated asphalt—manufactured to 40 mm down or screened to 28 mm & 14 mm down"
• project (a photograph or other image) through a transparent ruled plate so as to be able to reproduce it as a half-tone.
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old Northern French escren, of Germanic origin.
