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LCD

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. liquid crystal display: a method of displaying readings continuously, as on digital watches, portable computers, and calculators, using a liquid crystal film, sealed between glass plates, that changes its optical properties when a voltage is applied.

L.C.D. 2 American  
Or l.c.d.

abbreviation

  1. least common denominator; lowest common denominator.

lcd 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. lowest common denominator

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
LCD 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. liquid-crystal display

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
LCD Scientific  
/ ēl′sē-dē′ /

  1. Short for liquid-crystal display. A low-power, flat-panel display used in many digital devices to display numbers or images. It is made of a liquid containing crystals that are affected by electric current, sandwiched between filtering layers of glass or plastic. LCDs do not produce light of their own; instead, when electric current is passed through the material, the molecules of the “liquid crystal” twist so that they either reflect or transmit light from an external source.

Etymology

Origin of LCD

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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The next generation CX-5 has a conspicuously large LCD touch screen amidships.

From The Wall Street Journal

There wasn’t even a message scrolling across the LCD sign behind the counter to indicate that the plane had arrived or where it’d come from.

From Literature

The volume of leveraged loans to software companies considered distressed doubled in January, according to tracking of that market by PitchBook LCD.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before joining the Journal, he covered distressed debt, leveraged finance and real estate in New York for Reorg Research and S&P's LCD.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pulp recently released ‘More,’ its first album in 24 years and will play the Hollywood Bowl alongside LCD Soundsystem on Thursday and Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

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