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liquid crystal display (LCD)Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. Doing so in a controlled and organized manner produces visual images on the display screen. The advantage of LCDs is that they are much lighter and consume less power than other display technologies (e.g., cathode-ray tubes). These characteristics make them an ideal choice for flat-panel displays, as in portable laptop and notebook computers. liquid crystal displaySee LCD. liquid crystal display [′lik·wəd ′krist·əl di′splā] (electronics) A digital display that consists of two sheets of glass separated by a sealed-in, normally transparent, liquid crystal material; the outer surface of each glass sheet has a transparent conductive coating such as tin oxide or indium oxide, with the viewing-side coating etched into character-forming segments that have leads going to the edges of the display; a voltage applied between front and back electrode coatings disrupts the orderly arrangement of the molecules, darkening the liquid enough to form visible characters even though no light is generated. Abbreviated LCD.
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The company announced a special rebate program for one of its latest products--a new 17-inch E-Series LCD display that features a 12ms response time, a brightness of 260 and a 450-contrast ratio. The high-resolution LCD display, 60 Hz update rate and single shot measurement technique produce a smooth response for immersion testing. Last year, even arch-rival Sony asked to team up with Samsung to build a seventh-generation LCD display plant in Korea. |
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