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television
[ tel-uh-vizh-uhn ]
noun
- the transmission of programming, in the form of still or moving images, via radio waves, cable wires, satellite, or wireless network to a receiver or other screen.
- the process or product involved:
to watch television.
- an electronic device or set for receiving television broadcasts or similar programming.
- the field of television broadcasting, or similar transmission of programming.
television
/ ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən /
noun
- the system or process of producing on a distant screen a series of transient visible images, usually with an accompanying sound signal. Electrical signals, converted from optical images by a camera tube, are transmitted by UHF or VHF radio waves or by cable and reconverted into optical images by means of a television tube inside a television set
- Also calledtelevision set a device designed to receive and convert incoming electrical signals into a series of visible images on a screen together with accompanying sound
- the content, etc, of television programmes
- the occupation or profession concerned with any aspect of the broadcasting of television programmes
he's in television
- modifier of, relating to, or used in the transmission or reception of video and audio UHF or VHF radio signals
a television transmitter
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Derived Forms
- ˌteleˈvisionally, adverb
- ˌteleˈvisionary, adjective
- ˌteleˈvisional, adjective
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Other Words From
- tel·e·vi·sion·al [tel-, uh, -, vizh, -, uh, -nl], adjective
- tel·e·vi·sion·al·ly adverb
- tel·e·vi·sion·ar·y [tel-, uh, -, vizh, -, uh, -ner-ee], adjective
- pre·tel·e·vi·sion adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of television1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of television1
C20: from tele- + vision
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