computer screen
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomputerandscreen
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computer
noun[C or U]
uk/kəmˈpjuː.tər/us/kəmˈpjuː.t̬ɚ/
an electronic machine that is used for storing, organizing, and finding words, numbers, and pictures, for doing calculations, and for controlling ...
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screen
noun[C]
uk/skriːn/us/skriːn/
a flat surface in a cinema, on a television, or as part of a computer, on which pictures or words ...
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(Definition ofcomputerandscreenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcomputer screen
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On acomputerscreen, two arrays of differently coloured balls (red, yellow and blue) on sticks were presented.
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The students were told that upper-case target words would be presented brie-y on acomputerscreenbetween two rows of hash-signs (########).
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This possibility was tested by asking the subjects to move fingers on a virtual hand presented to them on acomputerscreen.
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Positions and heading angle from dead reckoning are redrawn oncomputerscreenoverlapped with a hand measured map.
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A random sequence of 18 letters and numbers (nine of each) were rapidly presented in the centre of a colourcomputerscreen, one by one.
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The target number appeared on the left side of acomputerscreenand remained visible throughout each trial.
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The child's task was to point to the word on thecomputerscreenthat matched the auditorily presented word.
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Simplicity may not always provide the jazzy image so beloved of the student, especially when viewed on acomputerscreen.
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Waiting sounds mindless as well, as if it were a state of mental arrest similar to when ourcomputerscreenfreezes.
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Before each trial, the children saw a row of asterisks in the centre of thecomputerscreen, which disappeared when the trial began.
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This paper outlines an innovative approach to the question involvingcomputerscreentypographical experiments combined with high quality digital sound recordings.
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The instructions were explained by the experimenter and then repeated in a written form on thecomputerscreenbefore the experiment started.
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Words from each list were presented individually in the center of acomputerscreenand word order was randomized for each participant.
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Each listener sat in front of acomputerscreenshowing three buttons that could be pressed using the mouse.
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This paper explains how the media of dissemination of texts is moving away from book form towards thecomputerscreen.
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Sentences were displayed one word at a time on acomputerscreen.
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For each block, their accumulated points were displayed approximately every 20 trials in the center of thecomputerscreen.
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Thecomputerscreenwas viewed from a distance of 217 cm in a dark room.
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Until recently our view of any seismic data was constrained by the two-dimensionality of the paper plot orcomputerscreen.
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