PASSIVE MATRIX DISPLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does passive matrix display mean? 

• PASSIVE MATRIX DISPLAY (noun)
  The noun PASSIVE MATRIX DISPLAY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PASSIVE MATRIX DISPLAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASSIVE MATRIX DISPLAY (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays

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)