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

/ 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

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

Other Word Forms

• televisional adjective
• televisionally adverb
• televisionary adjective
• pretelevision adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of television¹

First recorded in 1905–10; tele- ¹ + vision

Word History and Origins

Origin of television¹

C20: from _tele- + _vision

Example Sentences

He later went to San José State, where he was pointed to radio and television journalism.

From Los Angeles Times

She was blinded by the lights of the television cameras, but the students roared back approval, and “their energy just sort of went through my whole body,” she told me.

From Los Angeles Times

Sunderland's return to the Premier League has rekindled memories of a revelatory television series documenting the club's turbulent 1996-97 campaign.

From BBC

Steve Pugh was taking an afternoon walk near 35th street and Palm Avenue, a block away from the Chevron refinery, stopping briefly to talk to a television news reporter.

From Los Angeles Times

And he was a creator and writer on the Showtime series “The Curse,” in which he co-starred as a manipulative television producer with Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• TV set www.thesaurus.com
• audio 
• box 
• station 
• video