"flatscreen" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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 models. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-flatscreen-en-adj-A5CXm1rP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 4 26 1
  2. (dated) Being flat square, having the image display surface of a display screen being flat. Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-flatscreen-en-adj-bORhHbVX
  3. (dated) Being vertically flat, having an image display surface of a CRT display screen that is vertically flat, but horizontally round. Tags: dated, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-flatscreen-en-adj-yQrOu9pZ

Noun

Forms: flatscreens [plural]
Etymology: 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. Synonyms (a slim flat square display screen): flatpanel 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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

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