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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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screen contrivance to ward off heat, wind, light, etc.; partition in a building XV; (fig.) XVI; sifting apparatus XVI. Aphetic — ONF.
escren, var. of
escran (mod.
écran), of Gmc. orig. (cf. OHG.
skrank bar, barrier, fence).
Hence vb. shelter, shield XV; sift XVII.
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Screen fix can build confidence
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 7/21/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...has gnawed through the screen on that window to get...table. Like most window screens today, the one in my...replacing a window screen in an aluminum frame...minute job. - Remove the screen from the window. Screens in aluminum frame windows...
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Screen printers expect growth
Magazine article from: GATFWORLD; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Screen printing is essentially a high-tech stenciling...electronics manufacturing. The versatility of the screen printing process makes it attractive to...number of industries. The application of screen printing as an imaging and decorating process...
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Prevent premature screen breakage in circular vibratory separators
Magazine article from: Chemical Engineering Progress; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...inspections of broken screens over several decades...causes the majority of screen breakage. As a visual...feed, fall on the screen, or heavy objects...accidentally drop onto the screens. Corrosion This...the front of the screen edge. Equal tension...important for fine-wire screens ...
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Screen test: could we ever reach a point where there won't be a cardboard display in sight? Peter Hemple looks at the rise of electronic screens and why the sector is split over how best to use them and where to put them. (Technology).
Magazine article from: In Store Marketing; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...debate is over where screens are put. Jones says...irrelevant if the screen is put in the wrong...He says: "The screen industry has traditionally...companies that make screens, but more firms...of thought about screens, too. According to many companies, screen technology is far...
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Screen Play // New Exhibition Shows Variations
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/27/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...Imagery and the Folding Screen With Variations...On display are screens small enough to be...calls one of the screens she created for the...When you think of a screen, you always think...Vas Spirituale" screen depicts the image...Another of his screens, "Domus Aurea...
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Screen Printing Inks.
Magazine article from: Ink World; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...part of the ink industry, manufacturers of screen inks have seen demand rise, especially for UV screen inks. Although it is considered a niche...demand as compared to other types of inks, screen inks have many different uses. From automobile...
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Screen's A Saver -- Rotating devices play key role in helping salmon and steelhead reach the ocean
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 9/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...installing his first screen in the Congdon Canal...revolving drum screens began to be placed...by a $280,000 screen that followed the same design. Today's screens vary in size and...debris and vertical screens with a conveyor belt...developed by the Screen Shop and Easterbrooks...
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SCREENS CAN SOLVE PRIVACY PROBLEMS, CREATE A NEW LOOK.(Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 1/22/2000; 700+ words
; ...Ideas for using screens: A folding screen provides a simple...simply fold up the screen and put it away. Ideas for making screens: My favorite materials...directions to make a screen more flexible...larger, heavier screens should be linked...
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Intakes & screens.(Water Supply and Treatment)
Magazine article from: Public Works; 4/15/1995; 700+ words
; ...burst of air through the screens to lift debris away from the screen surface. This can be...also be used with these screens. Type 3 consists of screen arrays buried under the...For these types of screens, screen openings are generally...
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Screens can change a room's image
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/24/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...area - why not use a handsome screen?" suggests decorator Georgina...apartment, a pair of mirrored screens turn part of the living room...country house, a decoupage screen in the living room doesn...pull it nearer to the fire." Screens are a fine accessory if you...
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screen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cathedrals the choir screen was a richly decorated...with sculpture. The screens of the cathedrals...furniture, the folding screen is of great antiquity...and mansions, the screens of China and Japan...use of the folding screen, often showing East...See F. Bond, Screens and Galleries ...
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Touch Screens
Book article from: Computer Sciences
...produced by machine. Touch Screen Technologies Touch screens consist of a display...and most common touch screens. A 5-wire screen increases durability...currents. An 8-wire screen is the same as 4-wire screens except that it uses an...
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Screen Memory
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
SCREEN MEMORY A screen memory (like forgetting and amnesia) is a compromise between repressed...although to some degree condensation may also be present. The notion of screen memories was first presented by Freud in his paper so named (1899a...
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Dream Screen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
DREAM SCREEN It was Bertram D. Lewin, in his article "Sleep, the Mouth and the Dream Screen," who proposed calling upon "an old familiar...with sleep" (1946, p. 419). "The dream screen, as I define it," wrote Lewin, "is the...
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off-screen
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
off-screen (also off screen or off·screen ) • adj. not appearing on a movie or television screen: he drawls to an off-screen interrogator. ∎ happening in real life rather than fictionally on-screen...
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