small screen en · NOUN
Etymology
Analogy with big screen.
Meanings
- The broadcast or cable television screen, as opposed to the cinema screen (or big screen)
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(broadly) The medium of television.
"Marvel’s attempts to conquer TV as comprehensively as it has done cinema continues with what might be its most distinctive small-screen effort yet."
2018, Ferran Adrià, “What's on Netflix and Amazon this month - July 2018”, in The Guardian:Jane Smith made her small-screen debut in 1998, appearing as a patient in a hospital drama.
Antonyms
Translations (16)
nl kleine scherm (broadcast or cable television screen) · mk мал екра́н (broadcast or cable television screen) · ro micul ecran (broadcast or cable television screen) · he המסך הקטן (broadcast or cable television screen) · fi kuvaruutu (broadcast or cable television screen) · fr petit écran (broadcast or cable television screen) · pt telinha (broadcast or cable television screen) · cmn 電視 /电视 (broadcast or cable television screen) · ru ма́лый экра́н (broadcast or cable television screen) · es pequeña pantalla (broadcast or cable television screen) · es pantalla chica (broadcast or cable television screen) · it piccolo schermo (broadcast or cable television screen) · pl mały ekran (broadcast or cable television screen) · el μικρή οθόνη (broadcast or cable television screen) · mk ма́ли екра́ни (broadcast or cable television screen) · ta சின்னத்திரை (broadcast or cable television screen)