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Definition of Television
1. Noun. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done"
Examples of category: Action Replay, Instant Replay, Replay, Television System, Boob Tube, Goggle Box, Idiot Box, Television Receiver, Television Set, Telly, Tv, Tv Set, Frequency Band, Waveband, Couch Potato, Telecast, Televise, Colorcast, Closed-captioned
Generic synonyms: Broadcasting
Terms within: Picture, Video, Audio, Sound
Specialized synonyms: Cable, Cable Television, Hdtv, High-definition Television
Derivative terms: Telecast, Televise
2. Noun. A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points.
Terms within: Audio, Cathode-ray Tube, Crt, Monitor, Television Equipment, Video Equipment, Boob Tube, Goggle Box, Idiot Box, Television Receiver, Television Set, Telly, Tv, Tv Set, Television Transmitter
Specialized synonyms: Cable, Cable System, Cable Television, Cable Television Service, Closed-circuit Television, Color Television, Color Television System, Color Tv, Colour Television, Colour Television System, Colour Tv, Satellite Television, Satellite Tv
Generic synonyms: Telecom Equipment, Telecom System, Telecommunication Equipment, Telecommunication System
Category relationships: Telecasting, Tv, Video
Derivative terms: Televise
3. Noun. An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen. "The British call a tv set a telly"
Terms within: Kinescope, Picture Tube, Television Tube
Generic synonyms: Receiver, Receiving System
Group relationships: Television System
Category relationships: Telecasting, Tv, Video
Definition of Television
1. Noun. An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound. ¹
2. Noun. A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form. ¹
3. Noun. Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Television
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Medical Definition of Television
1. The transmission and reproduction of transient images of fixed or moving objects. An electronic system of transmitting such images together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound. (12 Dec 1998)
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