visiplate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly derived from vision + plate.
Noun[edit]
visiplate (plural visiplates)
- (science fiction) An electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.
- Synonyms: vidscreen, videoscreen, viewscreen, visiscreen, viewplate
- 1940, A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Slan, Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., published 1946, page 101:
- The glare of a searchlight splashed against his visiplates. Simultaneously, the ship jumped like some toy that had been struck an intolerable blow.
References[edit]
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “visiplate, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.