television

[ tel-uh-vizh-uhn ]
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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.

  1. an electronic device or set for receiving television broadcasts or similar programming.

  2. the field of television broadcasting, or similar transmission of programming.

Origin of television

1
First recorded in 1905–10; tele-1 + vision
  • Also called TV [tee-vee, tee-] /ˈtiˈvi, ˌti-/ .

Other words from television

  • tel·e·vi·sion·al [tel-uh-vizh-uh-nl], /ˌtɛl əˈvɪʒ ə nl/, adjective
  • tel·e·vi·sion·al·ly, adverb
  • tel·e·vi·sion·ar·y [tel-uh-vizh-uh-ner-ee], /ˌtɛl əˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr i/, adjective
  • pre·tel·e·vi·sion, adjective

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How to use television in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for television

television

/ (ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən) /


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 called: television set a device designed to receive and convert incoming electrical signals into a series of visible images on a screen together with accompanying sound

  1. the content, etc, of television programmes

  2. the occupation or profession concerned with any aspect of the broadcasting of television programmes: he's in television

  3. (modifier) of, relating to, or used in the transmission or reception of video and audio UHF or VHF radio signals: a television transmitter

Origin of television

1
C20: from tele- + vision
  • Abbreviation: TV

Derived forms of television

  • televisional, adjective
  • televisionally, adverb
  • televisionary, adjective

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