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plasma display panel
PDP
type of flat panel display common to large television displays (81 cm or larger) consisting of a matrix of pixels between two glass plates holding an inert mixture of noble gases that can be turned into a plasma by applying a voltage across the cell such that the plasma starts emitting electrons, which then excite phosphors to emit light and create a colour image
Note 1 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-961 in CIE S 017:2011.