wide screen

Definition of Wide Screen in English :

1. wide screen

a projection screen that is much wider than it is high

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wide Screen

adjective

of or relating to a form of film projection or television broadcasting in which the screen has much greater width than height

adjective

1.

designating or of a film made for projection on a screen much wider than it is high: usually from a ratio of 1.66 to 1 up to 2.55 to 1

2.

designating, of, or designed for a similar format for video, with a ratio of 1.78 to 1 or more

a widescreen TV set

adj.

Of or relating to a display screen or an image with a width-to-height ratio greater than 4:3 and a typical ratio of 16:9.