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self-emitting

self-emitting adjective: that emits its own light, rather than receiving it from a backlight.

Adjective

self-emitting (not comparable)

  1. That emits its own light, rather than receiving it from a backlight.
    • An OLED is self-emitting.

Origin of self-emitting

From self- + emitting.

Questions about self-emitting

What does self-emitting mean?
Self-emitting means that emits its own light, rather than receiving it from a backlight.
What part of speech is self-emitting?
Self-emitting is an adjective.

Words near self-emitting in the dictionary

  1. self-elective
  2. self-elects
  3. self-elevation
  4. self-elevations
  5. self-embedding
  6. self-emitting
  7. self-employed
  8. self-employee
  9. self-employees
  10. self-employment
  11. self-emptying

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