Also spelled visi-plate
noun
Meanings
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noun
in science fiction, an electronic screen capable of displaying images or data
The pilot watched the approaching planet expand across the visiplate.
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Etymology
A science-fiction compound, probably formed from vision (or the combining form visi-) and plate, with plate used for a flat viewing surface. The closed form visiplate is attested in twentieth-century science fiction; hyphenated visi-plate is an orthographic variant found in some texts.