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television

[ tel-uh-vizh-uhn ]

noun

  1. the transmission of programming, in the form of still or moving images, via radio waves, cable wires, satellite, or wireless network to a receiver or other screen.
  2. the process or product involved:

    to watch television.

  3. an electronic device or set for receiving television broadcasts or similar programming.
  4. the field of television broadcasting, or similar transmission of programming.


television

/ ˈɛɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. the system or process of producing on a distant screen a series of transient visible images, usually with an accompanying sound signal. Electrical signals, converted from optical images by a camera tube, are transmitted by UHF or VHF radio waves or by cable and reconverted into optical images by means of a television tube inside a television set
  2. Also calledtelevision set a device designed to receive and convert incoming electrical signals into a series of visible images on a screen together with accompanying sound
  3. the content, etc, of television programmes
  4. the occupation or profession concerned with any aspect of the broadcasting of television programmes

    he's in television

  5. modifier of, relating to, or used in the transmission or reception of video and audio UHF or VHF radio signals

    a television transmitter

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • ˌٱˈDzԲ, adjective
  • ˌٱˈDzԲ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of television1

First recorded in 1905–10; tele- 1 + vision
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of television1

C20: from tele- + vision
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Rivkin also noted the work that many states have done to sweeten their individual tax incentives, and called out the record 51 films that will receive an incentive from California’s film and television tax program.

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Cordova also opened the bar to film crews who shot scenes for television shows, movies and music videos there.

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According to the motion, the court previously ordered that the witness “should not be shown on television while testifying.”

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She wound up becoming the longest-running host in American television, she said.

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Deathbed scenes have always been a part of film and television, but after “Love Story,” terminal illness became a cinematic genre.

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