Entertainment / Literature / Terministic Screen: Kenneth Burke's term for the way a word or label alters the way we categorize, analyze, and perceive the object about which we talk. Compare with Whorf's Hypothesis.
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Screen Noun Synonyms: shelter, protection, shield, cover
Screen Verb Synonyms: partition, (room) divider, paravent, wall
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Entertainment / Photography / Screen Plate: Plate used in early additive forms of color photography. MORE
Entertainment / Ice Hockey / Screen Shot: A shot on goal that the goalie cannot see because it was taken from behind one or more players from either team standing in front of the net. MORE
Business / Finance / Screen Stocks: To analyze various stocks in search of stocks that meet predetermined criteria. For example, a simple value screen would sort all stocks by their price-to-book ratio and pick the stocks with the lowes MORE
Entertainment / Football / Screen Pass: A short forward pass to a receiver who has blockers in front of him. The receiver in this play is usually a running back, although wide receiver and tight end screens are also used. Although they are MORE
Science / Psychiatry / Screen Memory: A consciously tolerable memory that serves as a cover for an associated memory that would be emotionally painful if recalled. MORE
Entertainment / Basketball / Screen and Roll: When an offensive player screens for the ball handler and then rolls toward the basket. MORE