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Emmy definition

Emmy (em′ē)

  1. any of the annual awards given by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for special achievement in television programming, acting, etc.
  2. any of the statuettes given to those receiving such awards

Etymology: altered < Immy, engineering slang for the image-orthicon camera: name proposed (1948) in contrast to Oscar by H. R. Lubcke, U.S. TV engineer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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