display exhibit showing | something shown to the public, the museum had many exhibits of oriental art |
alarm warning device alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
alarm clock alarm | a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time |
burglar alarm | a warning device that is tripped off by the occurrence of a burglary |
case display case showcase vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
computer screen computer display | a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user |
digital display alphanumeric display | a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
display presentation | a visual representation of something |
display video display | an electronic device that represents information in visual form |
display adapter display adaptor | (computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display |
display panel display board board | a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
display window shop window shopwindow show window | a window of a store facing onto the street, used to display merchandise for sale in the store |
dual scan display | a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously |
fire alarm smoke alarm | an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke |
flat panel display FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
liquid crystal display LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
passive matrix display | 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, passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays |
visual display unit VDU | (British) British term for video display |
alarm alert warning signal alarum | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
burglar alarm | a loud warning signal produced by a burglar alarm, they could hear the burglar alarm a mile away |
display show | something intended to communicate a particular impression, made a display of strength, a show of impatience, a good show of looking interested |
display | exhibiting openly in public view, a display of courage |
display | behavior that makes your feelings public, a display of emotion |
false alarm | a warning that is given about something that fails to occur |
fire alarm | a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out |
tocsin alarm bell | the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) |
alarm dismay consternation | fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
alarm alert | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness, The empty house alarmed him, We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries |
dismay alarm appal appall a horrify | fill with apprehension or alarm, cause to be unpleasantly surprised, I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview, The news of the executions horrified us |
expose exhibit display | to show, make visible or apparent, The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month, Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?, National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship |
display | attract attention by displaying some body part or posing, of animals |