Editing Display size (section)

{{short description|Physical size of pictures and videos}}
[[File:LCD screen sizes.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|500px|Comparison of screen sizes by width, height, diagonal, area, and [[Display aspect ratio|aspect ratio]]]]

On [[two-dimensional display device|2D displays]], such as [[computer monitor]]s and [[television set|TVs]], '''display size''' or '''viewable image size''' ('''VIS''') refers to the physical size of the area where [[Image|pictures]] and [[Video|videos]] are displayed. The size of a screen is usually described by the length of its [[diagonal]], which is the distance between opposite corners, typically measured in inches. It is also sometimes called the '''physical image size''' to distinguish it from the "logical image size," which describes a screen's [[display resolution]] and is measured in [[Pixel|pixels]].<ref>
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