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si⋅mul⋅cast

[sahy-muhl-kast, ‑kahst, sim-uhl‑] noun, verb, -cast, -cast⋅ed, -cast⋅ing.
–noun
1. a program broadcast simultaneously on radio and television, or on more than one station, or in several languages, etc.
2. a closed-circuit television broadcast of an event, as a horse race, while it is taking place.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to broadcast in this manner.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; simul(taneous) + (broad)cast
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si·mul·cast   (sī'məl-kāst', sĭm'əl-)   
v.   si·mul·cast·ed, si·mul·cast·ing, si·mul·casts

v.   intr.
To broadcast simultaneously by FM and AM radio or by radio and television.
v.   tr.
To broadcast (a program) by simulcasting.
n.  A broadcast so transmitted.

[simul(taneous) + (broad)cast.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

simulcast  (v.)
"to broadcast simultaneously on radio and television," 1948, formed from simul(taneous) + (broad)cast. The noun is first recorded 1949, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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