flatscreen

English

Etymology

flat +‎ screen

Adjective

flatscreen (not comparable)

(of a television or monitor) Being slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky models.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (dated) Being flat square, having the image display surface of a display screen being flat.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (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)

A screen or device of this kind.

Synonyms

(a slim flat square display screen): flatpanel

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “flat square display”): roundscreen
(antonym(s) of “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 (píngbǎn xiǎnshìqì)
French: écran plat (fr) m
German: Flachbildschirm (de) m
Icelandic: flatskjár m
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

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