lcd
(ˈleɪ ziˌboʊnz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
liquid-crystal display: a display of information, as on digital watches, calculators, and many portable computers, using a liquid-crystal film that changes its optical properties when a voltage is applied.
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liquid crystal
(liquid crystal)
Princeton's WordNet
a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids
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passive-matrix
(ˈpæs ɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to a relatively low-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with low contrast, used esp. for laptop computers.
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bubble bath
(ˈbʌb əl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a crystal, powder, or liquid preparation that foams in, scents, and softens bathwater.
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pseudomorph
Webster Dictionary
a pseudomorphous crystal, as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution
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liquid crystal display
(liquid crystal display, LCD)
Princeton's WordNet
a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.
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lcd
(liquid crystal display, LCD)
Princeton's WordNet
a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field; used for portable computer displays and watches etc.
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x-ray diffraction
(X-ray diffraction)
Princeton's WordNet
the scattering of X rays by the atoms of a crystal; the diffraction pattern shows structure of the crystal
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acicula
(acicula)
Princeton's WordNet
a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal
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crystal ball
(crystal ball)
Princeton's WordNet
a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers
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mesomorphic
(ˌmɛz əˈmɔr fɪk, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zə-, -sə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pertaining to or existing in an intermediate state, as a liquid crystal in the nematic or smectic state.
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active-matrix
(ˈæk tɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to a high-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with high contrast, used esp. for laptop computers.
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epitaxy
(epitaxy)
Princeton's WordNet
growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline orientation is the same as that of the substrate
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polarizer
Webster Dictionary
that which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal
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crystalloid
Webster Dictionary
crystal-like; transparent like crystal
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wet
Webster Dictionary
containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table
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strainer
Webster Dictionary
that through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid
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siphon
Webster Dictionary
a device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level
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ebullition
Webster Dictionary
a boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor
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liquefaction
Webster Dictionary
the act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat
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bucking
Webster Dictionary
the act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used
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colorimeter
Webster Dictionary
an instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid
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liquidambar
Webster Dictionary
the balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax
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gasogen
Webster Dictionary
an apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid
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spurt
Webster Dictionary
to throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth
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alkarsin
Webster Dictionary
a spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid
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solution
Webster Dictionary
the act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption
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liquation
Webster Dictionary
the act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid
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slop
Webster Dictionary
to spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled
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snowflake
(snowflake, flake)
Princeton's WordNet
a crystal of snow
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