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television definition

tele·vi·sion (tel′ə viz̸h′ən)

noun

  1. 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
  3. a television receiving set
  4. a television program or programs they watched television last night

Etymology: tele- + vision

adjective

of, using, used in, or sent by television

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Alternate definitions:

telecom television definition - telecom

television Synonyms

television

n.

T.V., teevee, video, color television, home entertainment center, tube*, boob tube*, the eye*, box*; see also communications, station 7.


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television Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • watch: There are more plus points to be gained by saying you haven't read The Da Vinci Code, rather like never watching television.

Preposition: with

  • teletext: To watch subtitles you need a television with Teletext.

Adjective modifier

  • terrestrial: Survival School has worked with a vast range of companies on programs which have been shown on cable, satellite and terrestrial television.

Modifies a noun

  • presenter: Steve Jones is the criminally attractive Welsh television presenter who certainly has an eye for the ladies.

Noun used with modifier

  • satellite: BSkyB offers a digital satellite television platform, enabling subscribers to have access to 386 television channels.
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television quotes

Life does not imitate art. It imitates bad television.

-Allen,Woody pseudonym of  Allen Stewart Konigsberg

Most of the animals that appeared on British television screens in1950 did so sitting on door-mats.

-Attenborough, Sir David Frederick

While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commerciallyand financially I consider it an impossibility, a development of which we need waste little time dreaming.

-De Forest, Lee

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