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silver screen en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (historical) An early type of cinema screen which had a coating of silver or another shiny metal.
   • The Leonard H. Goldenson Theater at the Academy of Television Arts and Science (ATAS) was converted to a contemporary 8/70 venue, utilizing a projection system from MegaSystems and a silver screen from Harkness Hall. 1999 March/April, Lawrence Kaufman, “Large Format Cinema Association Embraces 3-D at ‘99 Conference and Film Festival”, in Stereo World, volume 26, page 13:
   • The smooth silver screen is well suited to color reproduction for its metallic particles emphasize colors and increase brightness above the level of the matte white screen. 1967, Herbert Scuorzo, The practical audio-visual handbook for teachers, West Nyack, NY: Parker, page 29:
   • A single projector running Vectograph motion picture film, with a silver screen and the audience wearing Polaroid glasses, would have eliminated many of the difficulties and errors that can arise with both twin-strip and single-strip stereoscopic projection. 2007, Ray Zone, Stereoscopic cinema & the origins of 3-D film, 1838-1952, Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, page 160:
2. Any cinema screen onto which films are projected.
3. (broadly, idiomatic) Movies, or that which is related to movies or cinema.
   • As the music dies, something in your eyes / Calls to mind a silver screen and all its sad goodbyes 1984, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, “Careless Whisper”:
   • Andy Warhol, silver screen / Can't tell them apart at all 1971, David Bowie, “Andy Warhol”, in Hunky Dory:
   • Stars of the stage and the silver screen gathered for the awards ceremony.

Forms

Synonyms

big screen · silver sheet

Translations (35)

ko 은막 (cinema screen) · fr grand écran (by extension, movies) · ta வெள்ளித்திரை (cinema screen) · ceb pinilakang tabil (by extension, movies) · ceb pinilakang tabil (cinema screen) · sv vita duken (by extension, movies) · fr septième art (by extension, movies) · cmn 銀幕 /银幕 (cinema screen) · ta திரை (by extension, movies) · de Kinoleinwand (cinema screen) · mr रुपेरी पडदा (cinema screen) · fi valkokangas (by extension, movies) · fi valkokangas (cinema screen) · ko 은막 (by extension, movies) · te వెండి తెర (by extension, movies) · da hvidt lærred (cinema screen) · pl srebrny ekran (cinema screen) · vi màn bạc (by extension, movies) · sv filmduk (cinema screen) · tl pinilakang-tabing (cinema screen) · de Filmleinwand (cinema screen) · sv bioskärm (cinema screen) · pl duży ekran (by extension, movies) · ta திரை (cinema screen) · vi màn bạc (cinema screen) · es gran pantalla (by extension, movies) · sv filmskärm (cinema screen) · mr रुपेरी पडदा (by extension, movies) · sv bioduk (cinema screen) · pl wielki ekran (by extension, movies) · ru голубой экран (cinema screen) · te వెండి తెర (cinema screen) · pl srebrny ekran (by extension, movies) · es séptimo arte (by extension, movies) · cmn 銀幕 /银幕 (by extension, movies)