split screen

noun

1. 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.
2. Computers. a mode of operation that uses windows to enable simultaneous viewing of two or more displays on the same screen.

Example Sentences

He had backed legislation that could raise Medicare drug premiums more than 50 percent, the ad warned, with bold text over video of Tester flashing a smile in the barber’s chair, clippers chewing through flat and villainous hair, while immigrants amassed at the border in a split screen.

From Slate

An event we watched on a Saturday night in October was a typical example: there were two influencers on a split screen.

From BBC

Instead, in another split screen moment as Biden was urging calm at the podium at the UN, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video on X vowing: "We will continue to hit Hezbollah. He who has a missile in his living room and a rocket in his garage - he will not have a home."

From BBC

The split screen captured it all.

From Salon

The choice was visible on the split screen: Harris, the normal, competent politician; Trump is Gramps wandering in the streets without his pants on because he won't take his medication.

From Salon