: of or relating to a projected picture whose aspect ratio is substantially greater than 1.33:1

Examples of wide-screen in a Sentence

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The lower level has a custom wet bar, a full bath with a walk-in shower, a ping-pong table and eight wide-screen TVs. Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025 The current version of the attraction begins with a wide-screen movie featuring historical challenges of the country framed by the strengths of specific presidents. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2025 The second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S. has expanded its partnership with the wide-screen exhibitor for new laser projection screen locations in Los Angeles, Houston and Washington, D.C. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025 SeaWorld Orlando opened Expedition Odyssey, a wide-screen attraction tied to Arctic scenes and animals, earlier this month. United Parks & Resorts, based in Orlando. operates 13 attractions in the United States and Abu Dhabi. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025 Tech-wise, the cockpit features a 30-inch, wide-screen display and an innovative storage solution in the center console, pictured below. Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 27 Feb. 2025 There was a lot of love for The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s extraordinary shout-out to both 1950s wide-screen melodramas and 1970s moody epics, which was not a surprise. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025 Some projector designers are now working on high-definition resolutions—either 720 by 1280 or 1080 by 1920 pixels, in the wide-screen format of Hollywood movies. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2010 The current version of the attraction includes a wide-screen movie featuring historic challenges of presidents, including disputes, wars, acts of terrorism and more issues. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wide-screen was in 1949

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“Wide-screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-screen. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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