liquid crystal display

(also liquid-crystal display)

noun [C or U] (abbreviation LCD)

Definition

› IT a method for showing text or pictures which uses a liquid that changes colour when an electric current flows across it, or a screen that uses this method: liquid-crystal display technology

(Definition of liquid crystal display noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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