visiplate

noun

visiplate

noun

Etymology Possibly derived from vision + plate.

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction An electronic screen capable of displaying images or data.

The glare of a searchlight splashed against his visiplates. Simultaneously, the ship jumped like some toy that had been struck an intolerable blow.1940, A[lfred] E[lton] van Vogt, Slan, Garden City, N.Y.: Nelson Doubleday, Inc., published 1946, page 101:

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