"widescreen" meaning in All languages combined

See widescreen on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: wide + screen Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wide|screen}} wide + screen Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} widescreen (not comparable)
  1. (film) Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-widescreen-en-adj-oWIbwL4N Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
  2. (of a motion picture) Presented in the original aspect ratio; presented in letterbox orientation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-widescreen-en-adj-fb5dX~fx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 63 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 56 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: panoramic Coordinate_terms: anamorphic, aspect ratio, high definition, letterbox, modified aspect ratio, original aspect ratio, pan and scan Translations (filmed in a greater aspect ratio): breedbeeld (Dutch), laajakuva- (Finnish), panoraama- (Finnish), panoramique (French), panoramico (Italian), ワイドスクリーン (waidosukurīn) (Japanese), ワイド画面 (waido gamen) (alt: ワイドがめん) (Japanese), panoramicus (Latin), वाइड्स्क्रीन (vāiḍskrīn) (Marathi), panoramic [masculine] (Romanian), pe ecran lat (Romanian), panorámico (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'filmed in a greater aspect ratio': 53 47

Noun [English]

Forms: widescreens [plural]
Etymology: wide + screen Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wide|screen}} wide + screen Head templates: {{en-noun}} widescreen (plural widescreens)
  1. (often attributive) A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience. Tags: attributive, often Translations (screen with a wider than normal aspect ratio): breedbeeld [neuter] (Dutch), breiðtjald [neuter] (Faroese), laajakuva (Finnish), panoramique (French), Breitbildschirm [masculine] (German), Breitbild [neuter] (German), ευρεία οθόνη (evreía othóni) [feminine] (Greek), ワイドスクリーン (waidosukurīn) (Japanese), skrin lebar (Malay), layar lebar (Malay), वाइड्स्क्रीन (vāiḍskrīn) (Marathi), ecran panoramic [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-widescreen-en-noun-hxEaLPuH

Inflected forms

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