"flatscreen" meaning in English

See flatscreen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From flat + screen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|screen}} flat + screen Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} flatscreen (not comparable)
  1. (of a television or monitor) Being slim from front to back, as opposed to earlier bulky, CRT-based models. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: flat-panel
    Sense id: en-flatscreen-en-adj-DBAzS5Ed Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 40 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 40 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 39 1 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 59 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 56 40 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 56 41 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 58 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 56 41 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 58 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 59 39 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 57 40 3
  2. (of a television or monitor, dated) Having a CRT screen fronted with a flat piece of glass, in contrast to earlier CRT displays that had a rounded screen. Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-flatscreen-en-adj-2w35Dvqg

Noun

Forms: flatscreens [plural]
Etymology: From flat + screen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flat|screen}} flat + screen Head templates: {{en-noun}} flatscreen (plural flatscreens)
  1. A screen or device of this kind. Hyponyms (flat panel display): flatscreen LCD, flatscreen plasma, flatscreen OLED Hyponyms (flat square display): flat CRT, flatscreen CRT, rear-projection display Translations (flatpanel screen or device): 平板顯示器 /平板显示器 (píngbǎn xiǎnshìqì) (Chinese Mandarin), écran plat [masculine] (French), Flachbildschirm [masculine] (German), flatskjár [masculine] (Icelandic), フラット・スクリーン (furatto sukurīn) (Japanese), пло́ский экра́н (plóskij ekrán) [masculine] (Russian), плоскопане́льный диспле́й (ploskopanɛ́lʹnyj displéj) [masculine] (Russian), pantalla plana [feminine] (Spanish), plattskärm [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flatscreen-en-noun-OeXeUnn8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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