screen-door effect

noun

A visual artifact of displays, where the fine lines separating pixels (or subpixels) become visible in the displayed image.

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Meanings

nounscreen-door effect (plural screen-door effects)

plural screen-door effects

  1. A visual artifact of displays, where the fine lines separating pixels (or subpixels) become visible in the displayed image.
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