split screen

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English

Various methods to display multiple signals on a 4:3 screen: 1+3, 3+1 (4:3), 2×2, 3×3, 4×4 (16:9), 1+1 (8:9 vertical, 16:4½ horizontal), 4×3 (4:3), 1 in 12 (16:9).

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Noun

split screen (countable and uncountable, plural split screens)

  1. (uncountable) A display technique that consists of subdividing graphics that appear on a screen into adjacent areas or subwindows.
  2. (countable) An instance of using this technique on a screen display.

Adjective

split screen (comparative more split screen, superlative most split screen)

  1. (figurative) Dividing one's attention between two events unfolding simultaneously.
    • 2020 May 30, Peter Baker, “Trump Hopes for His Own Booster Shot From SpaceX Rocket Launch”, in The New York Times‎, retrieved May 30, 2020:
      But the split-screen nature of this moment in his presidency was underscored when Mr. Trump devoted the first nine minutes of his speech to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the subsequent protests and riots unfolding in cities across the country.

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