Meaning

1 senses
  1. (attributive, often)A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.

    Breitbildschirm, Breitbild

Examples

2 sentences
  1. This game has no widescreen support.

    deDieses Spiel hat keine Breitbild-Unterstützung. — Naina

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  2. Local protestors showed gruesome abattoir footage on widescreen TVs.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
screen with a wider than normal aspect ratio:

Origin

From wide + screen.

From wide + screen.

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Forms

plural: widescreens
Singularwidescreen
Pluralwidescreens

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
widescreen — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto