letterboxed
adjective
let·ter·boxed
ˈle-tər-ˌbäkst 
variants
or less commonly letterbox
of a video recording
: formatted so as to display the full rectangular frame of a wide-screen motion picture
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The app was technically available on iPad before today, but the lack of full support forced it to run as a letterboxed iPhone app, which impacted the emulator’s touch controls and prevented games from using the full iPad screen.
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Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 10 July 2024
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Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 10 July 2024
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“Letterboxed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letterboxed. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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