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noun

Also called composite shot. Movies, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more shots are juxtaposed and projected simultaneously on the screen.

Computers. a mode of operation that uses windows to enable simultaneous viewing of two or more displays on the same screen.

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How to use split screen in a sentence

To go split screen, tap the task switcher button on the navigation bar at the bottom—it’s the square one on the right of the home button.
How to get any Android app on your Amazon Fire HD tablet, plus 8 other tips|John Kennedy|June 24, 2021|Popular-Science
The effect is something of split screen for those observing America’s largest corporations, which are being pulled off the sidelines and into the social and political melee as employees and the public demand it.
Hot-button issues from voting rights to tax hikes redraw the lines in corporate America|Taylor Telford, Jena McGregor|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
A jumble of split screen video, audio snippets, on-site reporting, and commentary cut-aways followed.
Up To a Point: Binge Watching Putin's Propaganda Network|P. J. O’Rourke|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The commercial then shifts to a split screen of a cartoon turtle and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Tea Party Candidate In Texas Makes Viral "Turtle Soup" Campaign Ad|Ben Jacobs|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

My father is now at home in Chicago, watching Egypt obsessively on a split-screen TV.
Egypt Revolt: American Dreams of Cairo|Kareem Saleh|January 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST
You had to adapt yourself to the split-screen, the mash-up, the Internet technological ingeniousness of it all.
Telling the Boss Off|Lee Siegel|January 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Once I conspired with our director to set up a split screen—Dave on one side, me on the other.
"Dave's Whipping Boy"|Paul Shaffer|October 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
On the other half of the split-screen, Tjan beamed sunnily at them.
Makers|Cory Doctorow