"greenscreen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: greenscreens [plural]
Etymology: green + screen Etymology templates: {{compound|en|green|screen}} green + screen Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} greenscreen (countable and uncountable, plural greenscreens)
  1. (film) The alternate version of bluescreen, having the background green instead of blue. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-greenscreen-en-noun-~tiLXJvk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 24 6 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 27 16 18 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. The display of an IBM 3270 or similar monochrome monitor. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): IBM
    Sense id: en-greenscreen-en-noun-e5FVsKH9 Disambiguation of IBM: 10 77 4 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bluescreen [film, television, broadcasting, media], blue screen [film, television, broadcasting, media], chromakey [film, television, broadcasting, media], chroma-key [film, television, broadcasting, media], chroma key [film, television, broadcasting, media], green screen

Verb [English]

Forms: greenscreens [present, singular, third-person], greenscreening [participle, present], greenscreened [participle, past], greenscreened [past]
Etymology: green + screen Etymology templates: {{compound|en|green|screen}} green + screen Head templates: {{en-verb}} greenscreen (third-person singular simple present greenscreens, present participle greenscreening, simple past and past participle greenscreened)
  1. (transitive) To film a subject in front of a greenscreen. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-greenscreen-en-verb-Xv-IbSlb
  2. (transitive) To remove the background from a video and replace it with a different image or scene; to composite. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-greenscreen-en-verb-BzxxBKYH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: green screen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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