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PASSIVE MATRIX DISPLAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A type of LCD display used for some portable computers; parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized
Example:
passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("passive matrix display" is a kind of...):
LCD; liquid crystal display (a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "passive matrix display"):
dual scan display (a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously)
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