television

A television is an electronic device used to receive sound and images which create television programs that people watch. (noun)

A device in your house on which you watch sitcoms, movies or the news is an example of a television.

See television in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the practice or science of transmitting scenes or views by radio or, sometimes, by wire: the television transmitter, by means of a camera tube, such as an image orthicon or vidicon, converts light rays into electric signals for modulation upon a radio carrier wave or for transmission over wires; the television receiver reconverts the signals into electron beams that are projected against the fluorescent screen of the kinescope, or picture tube, reproducing the original image
1. broadcasting by television as an industry, entertainment, art, etc.
2. all the facilities and related activities of such broadcasting
a television receiving set
a television program or programs: they watched television last night

adjective

of, using, used in, or sent by television

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See television in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(tĕlˈə-vĭzhˌən)

noun

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

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