projection screen
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2.8
- noun
- /prəˈdʒɛkʃən skriːn/
:
pantalla de proyección
- During the presentation, the speaker displayed the slides on the projection screen for everyone to see.
- a rear projection screen
Examples
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We watched the latest blockbuster on a huge projection screen at the cinema.
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Crystal City Sports Pub is well known for its awesome game-day amenities, including multiple large projection screens, a state-of-the-art sound system, and great food and drinks at a reasonable price.
Blog text (24) -
You will need a sheet at least 2 or 3 feet square, at least the size of your rear projection screen or larger.
Academic text (1994) -
I get no hot spots with the rear projection screen.
Academic text (1994) -
The patterns on your photo are greatly affected by the distance of the plastic sheet from the rear projection screen.
Academic text (1994) -
The back wall of the tank was a large rear-projection screen.
Fiction book (1991) -
You have an environment, if you wish, made out of projection screens, where you can immerse yourself into a virtual world.
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A huge TV projection screen tuned to the Super Bowl pre-game show.
Fiction book (1994) -
Flo Jacobs writes: "Later we were able to afford a rear projection screen that could be mounted on a frame."
Academic text (2017) -
Five band members enter the stage area, emerging from darkness and haze, disguised by the overwhelming size of the projection screen.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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1.0
A flat surface that shows images or videos
A white or shiny surface in a cinema for showing movies
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('a surface onto which images are projected') is directly derivable from combining 'projection' (casting an image) with 'screen' (a display surface). This straightforward noun+noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun projection screen comes from the simple picture of a projection, meaning light and images sent from a machine that shines them, falling on a white screen that catches the picture like a cloth or wall. So it means 'a surface you show images or videos on'.