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telecasting

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tel⋅e⋅cast

  [tel-i-kast, -kahst] verb, -cast or -cast⋅ed, -cast⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to broadcast by television.
–noun
2. a television broadcast.
Origin:
1935–40; tele(vision) + (broad)cast

Related forms:
tel⋅e⋅cast⋅er, noun
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tel·e·cast   (těl'ĭ-kāst')   
v.   tel·e·cast or tel·e·cast·ed, tel·e·cast·ing, tel·e·casts

v.   intr.
To broadcast a television program.
v.   tr.
To broadcast (a program) by television.
n.  A television broadcast.
tel'e·cast'er n.
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Word Origin & History

telecast  (n.)
1937, from tele(vision) + (broad)cast. The verb is recorded from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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