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lcd or LCD

least (or lowest) common denominator
LCD definition

LCD (el′sē′dē′)

noun

a device for alphanumeric displays, as on digital watches, using a pattern of tiny, sealed capsules which contain a transparent liquid crystal that becomes opaque when an electric field is applied to it: the contrast between transparent and opaque areas forms the image of a number, letter, etc.

Etymology: l(iquid-)c(rystal) d(isplay)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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