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tel·e·vi·sion
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| 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. |
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tel·e·vi·sion·al·ly, adverb
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television
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[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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| television | |
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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
television1 [ˈteliviʒən] noun
the sending of pictures from a distance, and the reproduction of them on a screen
Example: We saw it on television.
television2 [ˈteliviʒən] nounExample: We saw it on television.
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(also television set) an apparatus with a screen for receiving these pictures
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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