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Screening vs Postscreening - What's the difference?

screening | postscreening |

As a noun screening

is (uncountable) mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").

As a verb screening

is .

As an adjective postscreening is

occurring after a screening process.

screening

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
    • I'll have to buy some screening and fix the doors before mosquito season starts.
  • The process of checking or filtering.
    • The airports are slow now because the pre-boarding screening is so inefficient.
  • The showing of a film
  • The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
  • (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
  • (soccer) shielding

    • Verb

    (head)

    • postscreening

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring after a screening process.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 7, author=Margy Rochlin, title=Dry as Ever, Shrugging at Hollywood, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The film also prompted an unusual response during the postscreening question-and-answer session. }}

    See also

    * prescreen