flatscreen

English

Etymology

flat +‎ screen

Adjective

flatscreen (not comparable)

1. (of a television or monitor) Being slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky models; like a flatpanel.
2. (dated) being flat square, having the image display surface of a display screen being flat
3. (dated) being vertically flat, having an image display surface of a CRT display screen that is vertically flat, but horizontally round

Noun

flatscreen (plural flatscreens)

1. A screen or device of this kind

Synonyms

• (a slim flat square display screen): flatpanel

Antonyms

• (flat square display): roundscreen
• (vertically flat display): roundscreen

Hyponyms

• (flat panel display): flatscreen LCD, flatscreen plasma, flatscreen OLED
• (flat square display): flat CRT, flatscreen CRT, rear-projection display

Translations

flatpanel screen or device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平板顯示器／平板显示器, 平板显示器 (píngbǎn xiǎnshìqì)

• French: écran plat (fr) m
• German: Flachbildschirm (de) m
• Icelandic: flatskjár m
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• Japanese: フラット･スクリーン (furatto sukurīn)
• Russian: пло́ский экра́н m (plóskij ekrán), плоскопане́льный диспле́й m (ploskopanɛ́lʹnyj displéj)
• Spanish: pantalla plana f
• Swedish: plattskärm (sv) c