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• Flat panel display — Flat Panel TVs have existed since 1964, and are much thinner and lighter than traditional televisions. Flat panel displays (sometimes called flatscreen, although, strictly speaking, flatscreen is used to describe CRT screens that have a… …   Wikipedia

• fade — (v.) early 14c., lose brightness, grow pale, from O.Fr. fader become weak, wilt, wither, from adj. fade pale, weak, insipid (12c.), probably from V.L. *fatidus, some sort of blending of L. fatuus silly, tasteless + vapidus flat, flavorless.… …   Etymology dictionary

• fade — [c]/feɪd / (say fayd) verb (faded, fading) –verb (i) 1. to lose freshness, vigour, strength, or health: the flower faded. 2. to lose brightness or vividness, as light or colour. 3. (of radio signals) to lose strength due to interference phenomena …  

• flat — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Pullman, Pullman car, abeyant, absolute, absolutely, absonant, accented, accidental, accommodation, accordant, accumbent, achromatic, achromic, act drop, admitting no exception, alabaster, alike, alkali flat, all… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fade — Synonyms and related words: abate, achromatize, age, ante, ante up, antiquate, arid, attenuate, avoid, back, back number, banal, barren, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be gone, be no more, be wiped out, become extinct, become obsolete …   Moby Thesaurus

• flat — adj 1. level, plane, horizontal; even, smooth, unbroken. 2. horizontal, lying down, stretched out, spread out, spread eagle; prostrate, lying flat, prone, supine, reclining, recumbent. 3. deflated, collapsed, blown out, ruptured, punctured. 4.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• fade — [14] Fade comes from Old French fader, a derivative of the adjective fade ‘faded, vapid’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, which probably represents an alteration of Latin fatuus ‘stupid, insipid’ (source of English fatuous [17])… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• fade — [14] Fade comes from Old French fader, a derivative of the adjective fade ‘faded, vapid’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, which probably represents an alteration of Latin fatuus ‘stupid, insipid’ (source of English fatuous [17])… …   Word origins

• Brake fade — Vehicle braking system fade, or brake fade is the reduction in stopping power that can occur after repeated application of the brakes, especially in high load or high speed conditions. Brake fade can be a factor in any vehicle that utilizes a… …   Wikipedia

• To fall flat — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Drum brake — A drum brake with the drum removed as used on the rear wheel of a car or truck. Note that in this installation, a cable operated parking brake uses the service shoes …   Wikipedia