lcd

lcd

abbr.

least common denominator

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LCD

1. liquid crystal display

2. Also: (lcd) lowest common denominator

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LCD  (ls-d)

Short for liquid-crystal display. A low-power, flat-panel display used in many digital devices to display numbers or images. It is made of a liquid containing crystals that are affected by electric current, sandwiched between filtering layers of glass or plastic. LCDs do not produce light of their own; instead, when electric current is passed through the material, the molecules of the "liquid crystal" twist so that they either reflect or transmit light from an external source.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

LCD - a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc. liquid crystal display active matrix screen - a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers; there is a separate circuit for each pixel alphanumeric display, digital display - a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) passive matrix display - a type of LCD display used for some portable computers; parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized; "passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays"

Translations

lcd, LCD n abbr (= liquid-crystal display) → LCD nt