split screen
noun
: a film or video technique in which the frame is divided into discrete nonoverlapping images
also
: the visual composition based on this technique
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Bookworms can take advantage of this tablet-like format to consume digital content such as comics and picture books, but there's no word on whether split screen is supported.
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New Atlas, 17 Apr. 2025
Twenty-two minutes into Manchester United’s 2-0 FA Cup semi-final win against Manchester City on Sunday, the camera operators would have done well to shift to split screen.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Bannon episode looked like a split screen of styles.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, there are split screens meant to evoke the divisions that recurred throughout de Saint Phalle’s biography.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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New Atlas, 17 Apr. 2025
Twenty-two minutes into Manchester United’s 2-0 FA Cup semi-final win against Manchester City on Sunday, the camera operators would have done well to shift to split screen.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Bannon episode looked like a split screen of styles.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, there are split screens meant to evoke the divisions that recurred throughout de Saint Phalle’s biography.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Split screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20screen. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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