Usually means: Broader display format for visuals.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word widescreen:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. widescreen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. widescreen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. widescreen: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Widescreen, widescreen: Wordnik
  5. widescreen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. widescreen: Wiktionary
  7. widescreen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. widescreen: Dictionary.com
  9. Widescreen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. widescreen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Anime Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. widescreen: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Widescreen (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. widescreen: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. widescreen: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (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.
adjective:  (film) Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
adjective:  (of a motion picture) Presented in the original aspect ratio; presented in letterbox orientation.

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