screenless

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adjective

Without a screen.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English screen →
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Meanings

adjectivescreenless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a screen.

    A projection type (screenless) reader makes use of any convenient reflective surface, a blank wall, for example, as its screen.

    1975, Daniel M Costigan, Micrographic Systems
  2. not comparablemediaThat does not involve a screen; see screen printing.

Origin

  1. Englishscreen
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishscreenless

From screen + -less.

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APA

screenless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenless

MLA

“screenless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenless. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screenless,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenless.

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