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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to a thin monitor or television, such as an LCD or plasma display.

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Examples

  • Separately, Samsung is also considering investing $230 million to acquire a 15% stake in Chinese flat-screen panel maker CSOT, a joint venture of TCL and the government of Shenzhen, a city in the Guangdong province.

    Samsung Invests in China JV Jung-Ah Lee 2011

  • Now he owns a 42-inch high-definition flat-screen television in his Manhattan apartment and wants to watch a team worth watching for the first time in his adult life.

    Catching the Knicks, 1960s-Style Ben Cohen 2012

  • SEOUL—Flat-panel maker LG Display Co. on Monday slashed its capital-expenditure target for 2012 to a three-year low, the latest indication that demand for flat-screen TVs and personal computers could remain sluggish for some time to come.

    LG Display to Cut Investment Jung-Ah Lee 2011

  • Butter-soft leather club chairs, flat-screen TV, and polished hardwood floors awaited.

    Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011

  • Watchers of the ad video can toggle between that and the standard flat-screen TV proportion of 16: 9, illustrating the black bars or distortion of the movie.

    Philips chooses Web for epic advertisement 2009

  • Flat-panel maker LG Display cut its capital expenditure target for 2012 to a three-year low, the latest indication that demand for flat-screen TVs and PCs is expected to remain sluggish for some time to come.

    What's News— 2011

  • Gideon curbed his rising anger when he noticed a flickering light coming from a flat-screen television lying facedown on the floor, having been blown off its mount by the bomb blast.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Like most upsacle hotels these days, the room comes with a big flat-screen TV.

    Why Can’t Hotels Get Tech Right? « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2009

  • He bought a new flat-screen model from a local electronics store—but only after haggling and gaining a discount, free delivery, and free disposal of his old TV.

    Germany's Resiliency Buoys Europe Brian Blackstone 2011

  • Flat-panel maker LG Display cut its capital expenditure target for 2012 to a three-year low, the latest indication that demand for flat-screen TVs and PCs is expected to remain sluggish.

    What's News— 2011

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