LCD

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.

Can be confusedLCD LED

L.C.D.

or l.c.d.

least common denominator; lowest common denominator.

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British Dictionary definitions for lcd

lcd

LCD

abbreviation for

lowest common denominator

LCD

abbreviation for

liquid-crystal display

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Word Origin and History for lcd

LCD

1973, initialism from liquid crystal display, which is attested from 1968.

lcd in Science

LCD

[ēl′sē-dē′]

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.