heads-up display
noun
plural heads-up displays
: a system that projects information onto a usually transparent surface that sits directly in a user's line of vision
The "heads-up display," or "HUD," projects an image of the speedometer, fuel gauges and other controls onto the windshield, so that a motorist could read them without looking away from the road.—Warren Brown
… helping to develop flight simulators and heads-up display helmets that let airplane pilots see gauges and flight data without having to look down at the instrument panel …—Sabra Chartrand
—abbreviation HUD
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