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tel·e·vi·sion

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n] Pronunciation Key

–noun

1.	the broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube.

2.	the process involved.

3.	a set for receiving television broadcasts.

4.	the field of television broadcasting.

[Origin: 1905–10; tele-¹ + vision

]

—Related forms

tel·e·vi·sion·al

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tel·e·vi·sion·al·ly, adverb

tel·e·vi·sion·ar·y

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tel·e·vi·sion Audio Help (těl'ə-vĭzh'ən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The transmission of dynamic or sometimes static images, generally with accompanying sound, via electric or electromagnetic signals.
2. An electronic apparatus that receives such signals, reproducing the images on a screen, and typically reproducing accompanying sound signals on speakers.
3. The visual and audio content of such signals.
The industry of producing and broadcasting television programs.

[French télévision : télé-, far (from Greek tēle-, tele-) + vision, vision; see vision.]

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television

1907, "the action of seeing by means of Hertzian waves or otherwise, what is existing or happening at a place concealed or distant from the observer's eyes" [OED]; in theoretical discussions about sending images by radio transmission, formed in Eng. or borrowed from Fr. télévision, from tele- + vision. Other proposals for the name of this then-hypothetical technology were telephote (1880) and televista (1904). The technology was developed in the 1920s and '30s. Nativized in Ger. as Fernsehen.

"Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everyone and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want." [Clive Barnes, "New York Times," Dec. 30, 1969]

Meaning "a television set" is from 1955. Shortened form TV is from 1948; British shortening telly is attested by 1940.

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television
noun
1.	broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs
2.	a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
3.	an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: television receiver]

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television1 [ˈteliviʒən] noun

the sending of pictures from a distance, and the reproduction of them on a screen
Example: We saw it on television.

Arabic:	بَث تِلفِزْيوني
Chinese (Simplified):	电视（机）
Chinese (Traditional):	電視(機)
Czech:	televize
Danish:	tv; fjernsyn
Dutch:	televisie
Estonian:	televisioon
Finnish:	televisio
French:	télévision
German:	das Fernsehen
Greek:	τηλεόραση
Hungarian:	televízió
Icelandic:	sjónvarp
Indonesian:	televisi
Italian:	televisione

Japanese:	テレビ
Korean:	텔레비전 방송
Latvian:	televīzija
Lithuanian:	televizija
Norwegian:	fjernsyn
Polish:	telewizja
Portuguese (Brazil):	televisão
Portuguese (Portugal):	televisão
Romanian:	televiziune
Russian:	телевидение
Slovak:	televízia
Slovenian:	televizija
Spanish:	televisión
Swedish:	television, tv
Turkish:	televizyon

television2 [ˈteliviʒən] noun

(also television set) an apparatus with a screen for receiving these pictures

Arabic:	جِهاز تِلفِزيون
Chinese (Simplified):	电视机
Chinese (Traditional):	電視機
Czech:	televizní přístroj
Danish:	tv; fjernsyn
Dutch:	televisietoestel
Estonian:	televiisor
Finnish:	televisiovastaanotin
French:	téléviseur
German:	der Fernseher
Greek:	συσκευή τηλεόρασης
Hungarian:	televízió (készülék)
Icelandic:	sjónvarpstæki
Indonesian:	pesawat televisi
Italian:	televisore

Japanese:	テレビ
Korean:	텔레비전 수상기
Latvian:	televizors
Lithuanian:	televizorius
Norwegian:	fjernsynsapparat
Polish:	telewizor
Portuguese (Brazil):	televisor
Portuguese (Portugal):	televisor
Romanian:	televizor
Russian:	телевизор
Slovak:	televízor
Slovenian:	televizija
Spanish:	televisor, televisión
Swedish:	tv-apparat
Turkish:	televizyon (cihazı)

See also: televise

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television hardware
A dedicated push media device for receiving streaming video and audio, either by terrestrial radio broadcast, satellite or cable.
(1997-11-23)

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