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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A plate of colored glass or other transparent medium, interposed in the path of a beam of light to absorb certain rays while allowing the rest to pass; specifically, a screen which cuts out all but the middle portion of the spectrum, so that when it is interposed before an isochromatic plate it becomes possible to obtain satisfactory photographs of celestial objects with refractors which are not photographically corrected.

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Examples

  • Some smaller brands, including Augen, have marketed color-screen e-readers, and the current Nook has a small color navigation screen beneath its main reading screen.

    Color Nook e-book reader coming? 2010

  • The color-screen challenge comes as the popularity of e-readers grows.

    E-Readers' Color Challenge Stu Woo 2011

  • For reading electronic editions of magazines and newspapers, however, you're probably better off with a color-screen LCD device like Barnes & Noble's

    Choosing The Right E-Reader For You Paul Jones 2010

  • For reading electronic editions of magazines and newspapers, however, you're probably better off with a color-screen LCD device like Barnes & Noble's

    Choosing The Right E-Reader For You Paul Jones 2010

  • In October, it unveiled a color-screen version of the device.

    Barnes Maxwell Murphy 2010

  • A new color-screen technology for e-book screens that claims power efficiency to at least match that of current E Ink technology appears promising, based on a preview I saw yesterday at an e-reading conference in New York.

    E-book readers: Intriguing new type of power-frugal color screen is coming 2010

  • A new color-screen technology for e-book screens that claims power efficiency to at least match that of current E Ink technology appears promising, based on a preview I saw yesterday at an e-reading conference in New York.

    E-book readers: Intriguing new type of power-frugal color screen is coming 2010

  • Some smaller brands, including Augen, have marketed color-screen e-readers, and the current Nook has a small color navigation screen beneath its main reading screen.

    Color Nook e-book reader coming? 2010

  • The color-screen Sidekick will cost about $300 and will be available starting on June 6 through a T-Mobile 1-800 telephone line and CompUSA Inc. retail stores, the carrier said.

    Boing Boing: June 1, 2003 - June 7, 2003 Archives 2003

  • PVI has shown its color-screen technology to buyers of its displays including Amazon and Barnes

    PCWorld 2010

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