• Screening

    Full definition of screening

    Noun

    screening

    (countable and uncountable; plural screenings)
    1. (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.
    2. The process of checking or filtering.The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient.
    3. The showing of a film
    4. The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
    5. (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
    6. (soccer) shielding

    Verb

    screening
    1. Present participle of screen
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