Korean slang profile
크리스털 사이클
keuriseuteol saikeul
Liquid-crystal display industry cycle
The periodic recurrence of booms and slumps in the liquid-crystal display industry.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 29, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
당시 액정표시장치 시장을 다룬 기사에 크리스털 사이클이 소개돼 있었다.
An article on the LCD market of the time introduced 크리스털 사이클.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
전자신문 in 1998 explains it as a business-cycle term for liquid-crystal displays modeled on the semiconductor silicon cycle. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage context in the contemporary original were directly checked. Popularity among the general public and first use remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- TFT LCD 경기 순환 주기 "크리스탈 사이클" 무너지나Published Dec 29, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026