(1) A non-curved screen on a TV. Contrast with curved screen. See flat screen. (2) A reference to TVs when LCD screens were replacing CRTs starting in the late 1990s and early 2000s. See flat screen.

Today's thin, digital, wide-screen high-definition TV (HDTV). Most flat panel TVs are self-contained with a tuner and speakers that can receive over-the-air broadcasts. A few models are only ...