Knext

Factoid Details

‘A (crystal display) can be liquid.’

[⟨det (nn crystal.n display.n)⟩ liquid.a]

Learned by Reading

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

With an’ Always – On’ Liquid Crystal display, and a stylish, solid case, Negative is one of the most sophisticated designs available from Tokyoflash.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

The metering system also featured a liquid crystal display in place of the older match needle design used in the OM – 1 and OM – 2.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

SEOUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world’s top flat television set maker, has raised this years’ sales targets of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs and overall digital media, South Korean media said on Sunday.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sony Corp. said Thursday it will launch the world’s thinnest and lightest 40 – inch liquid crystal display (LCD) television, seeking to trump its rivals ahead of the key year – end shopping season.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Samsung, also the world’s top maker of liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, acknowledged it was unlikely to achieve a sharp recovery in its third quarter results.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

AFP – Sony Corp. said Thursday it will launch the world’s thinnest and lightest 40 – inch liquid crystal display (LCD) television, seeking to trump its rivals ahead of the key year – end shopping season.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Japan, Taiwan and the United States have been at odds with the EU over its tariffs on three import items: liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors for computers, which can also be used for watching TV programs; all – in – one printers, which function as photocopiers, fax machines and scanners; and set – top boxes, which are used for converting signals for TV such as cable TV programs.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

It was completely recreated in 1982 as the Speak & Spell Compact (a version lacking a visual display), and in 1989 the Super Speak & Spell was released to replace the original vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) with a liquid crystal display (LCD).
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

Current technologies include the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Digital Light Processing (DLP) projectors, both of which produce superior results from easily portable devices.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

LCoS technology can typically produce higher resolution and higher contrast images than standard liquid crystal display and plasma display technologies, which makes it less expensive to implement in such devices as televisions.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

The display is usually implemented with a liquid crystal display, and it may show one or more values at once.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

One common application of the RGB color model is the display of colors on a cathode ray tube (CRT), liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma display, or LED display such as a television, a computers monitor, or a large scale screen.
(Parse)

In the British National Corpus:

Since the demise of the punch-card system for entering commands this has normally been undertaken using a keyboard and a screen driven by a cathode ray tube (CRT) or liquid crystal display (LCD), although voice entry of data and touch screens have also been used.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Unlike some desktops, notebooks display its graphics on a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen and the screens measure between 12 and 17 inches.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

A liquid crystal display (LCD) is an electronically – modulated optical device shaped into a thin, flat panel made up of any number of color or monochrome pixels filled with liquid crystals and arrayed in front of a light source (backlight) or reflector.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

The arrival of inexpensive liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors and other flat – screen designs now challenges both aperture grille and shadow mask CRTs’ long reign as the dominant technology behind display screens.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

The board includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), joystick, speaker, serial port, real – time clock (RTC), internal flash memory, and sensors for temperature and voltage.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

Today, a hand held oscilloscope is usually a digital sampling oscilloscope, using a liquid crystal display.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The production of nitrogen triflouride, or NF3? used to produce flat – panel display screens? has increased over the past decade to meet the rising demand for consumer electronics like liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs.
(Parse)

And 85 more sentences.

NB: Do not link to this page – the URL for this factoid will change every time the available knowledge base is updated.

Queried on 2013-05-21.