flatscreen

Meanings

Adjective

  • Being slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky models; like a flatpanel.
  • being flat square, having the image display surface of a display screen being flat
  • being vertically flat, having an image display surface of a CRT display screen that is vertically flat, but horizontally round

Noun

  • A screen or device of this kind

Related

Similar words

  • flatpanel

Opposite words

  • roundscreen

Narrower meaning words

  • flatscreen LCD, flatscreen plasma, flatscreen OLED
  • flat CRT, flatscreen CRT, rear-projection display

Origin

  • flat + screen

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