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экранировать — meaning in English

ekranirovat

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English meaning

  • escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  • screen noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.

Senses

экранировать is used for these senses in English:

  • escape (transitive, computing) To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
  • escape (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
  • screen (medicine) To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.

escape — full definition

  1. verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  2. verb To avoid something unpleasant, such as punishment or notice.
  3. noun The act of getting free from a dangerous, confining, or unwanted situation.

screen — full definition

  1. noun A flat surface on a device or in a cinema on which images or text are displayed.
  2. verb To examine or test someone or something to detect a problem, risk, or suitability.
  3. verb To shield or conceal something from view.
  4. verb To show a film or program publicly.

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