television
noun
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.
pretelevision
-
a word derived from
television.
Example Sentences
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The current practice of presenting feature films as installments in a single story cycle recalls the old one- and two-reel serials that used to precede the main attraction in the pretelevision era of moviegoing.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2010
Movie attendance during the 1974-75 recession boomed to the highest level since pretelevision days, as people apparently flocked to films to forget their worries about inflation and unemployment.
From Time Magazine Archive
