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screening (iou)



screening noun. E18.
[from SCREEN verb + -ING1.]
The action of SCREEN verb; an instance of this; spec. a showing of a film or television programme. E18.
D. O. Selznick Private screenings of..one of the greatest motion pictures. Nature Screening for HIV is available to all. attrib.: Hansard The efficiency of the screening methods of M.I.5.
In pl. Refuse separated from sifted or screened grain etc.; spec. an inferior grade of wheat or polished rice. M18.
The blocking of broadcast signals by an obstruction, as a hill or building. E20.
Physics. The reduction of the electric field about an atomic nucleus by the space charge of the surrounding electrons. E20.
Comb.: screening constant Physics the difference between the atomic number of a nucleus and its effective charge, reduced by screening.