A display

[′ā di‚splā]

(electronics)

A radar oscilloscope display in cartesian coordinates; the targets appear as vertical deflection lines; their Y coordinates are proportional to signal intensity; their X coordinates are proportional to distance to targets.

References in classic literature ?

And that she should seem to consider me a spectacle, and totally overlook her own merits in that respect, was another puzzling thing, and a display of magnanimity, too, that was surprising in one so young.

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True it is, that on that occasion there was far too great a concourse of persons present for your courage to be observed, and on that account, perhaps, you did not reveal it; while here, it would be a display, and would excite remark -- you wish that others should talk about you, in what manner you do not care.

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Five youngsters from the Action for Children project Fostering Middlesbrough made the trip to the capital to a display entitled, Art Matters: The Maharaja's Procession.