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tel⋅e⋅vi⋅sion

[tel-uh-vizh-uhn]
–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


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
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tel·e·vi·sion   (těl'ə-vĭzh'ən)   
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.

  1. The industry of producing and broadcasting television programs.


[French télévision : télé-, far (from Greek tēle-, tele-) + vision, vision; see vision.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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