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screenscape

screenscape noun: the view offered by a screen display; its arrangement of visual elements.

Noun

screenscape (plural screenscapes)

  1. The view offered by a screen display; its arrangement of visual elements.
    • The words have a spatial component in that they enter the screen spinning, and settle in a particular part of the screenscape, but their essential forward thrust remains sequential.2007, Margaret Mackey, Mapping recreational literacies: contemporary adults at play, page 119

Forms of screenscape

pluralscreenscapes

Origin of screenscape

From screen + -scape.

Questions about screenscape

What does screenscape mean?
Screenscape means the view offered by a screen display; its arrangement of visual elements.
What part of speech is screenscape?
Screenscape is a noun.
What is the plural of screenscape?
The plural of screenscape is screenscapes.

Words near screenscape in the dictionary

  1. screens passage
  2. screens passages
  3. screensaver
  4. screensavers
  5. screensavery
  6. screenscape
  7. screenscapes
  8. screenscrape
  9. screenscraped
  10. screenscrapes
  11. screenscraping

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