A thin, often lightweight video display used in computer monitors and televisions as an alternative to the cathode-ray tube. Flat-panel displays often employ liquid crystals or electroluminescent materials such as light-emitting diodes.
Also called flat screen
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About 40% of sales from its lithography machines business, which combines semiconductor lithography and flat panel display lithography equipment, is generated in China.
From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2023
"We don't make any more cathode ray tube-based products and every product we make has a flat panel display."
From The Verge • Nov. 13, 2014
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