flat-panel

adjective

flat-pan·​el ˈflat-ˈpa-nᵊl How to pronounce flat-panel (audio)
: relating to or being a thin flat video display (as for a portable computer)

Examples of flat-panel in a Sentence

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Nearly all features are controlled via touch screen or flat-panel touch points, but the center console has a multifunction rotary controller and physical volume roller. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Nov. 2024 The rise of the portables flooded the market with relatively cheap flat-panel displays and cameras, lower-cost microphones, and chips fast enough to process audio and video. Thomas Wiegand, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2011 Oh, and like most flat-panel TVs, the speakers sound flat and tinny. Parker Hall, WIRED, 13 July 2021 The controls lean heavily on flat-panel capacitive touch points on the center stack. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024 Other controls, including heated and cooled seats, defrost and fan speed still get flat-panel touch points in the center stack. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024 In nearly every room and corridor, large flat-panel TVs are tuned to games, highlights, and sports talk. IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2011 The buses are sent to him from across the country to be refurbished, fit with LED laser disco lights, upholstered benches in team colors and flat-panel TVs. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024 Suspension is adjustable front and rear, and the displays in the cockpit are traditional round clocks with LCD insets for data tracking but can be swapped out for a small flat-panel TFT display. William Roberson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flat-panel was in 1977

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“Flat-panel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flat-panel. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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flat-panel

adjective
: relating to or being a thin flat video display
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