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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 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

“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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Other Word Forms

  • televisional adjective
  • televisionally adverb
  • televisionary adjective
  • pretelevision adjective
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  • ˌٱˈDzԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of television1

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

Origin of television1

C20: from tele- + vision
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Pezeshkian said on state television that Israel "is not capable of any action without the permission of the U.S.” and that it carried out attacks "with the direct support of Washington.”

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As people continue to cut the cord and viewership of traditional broadcast television declines — taking with it valuable ad dollars — companies are reallocating resources to their streaming platforms.

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Iranian state television reported that 60 people - including 29 children - had been killed in an Israeli strike on a block of flats in the capital, Tehran.

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But I came up in broadcast television, and the idea that you’ve created this thing and it’s a story that you’ve experienced over time, and then people are like two days and done, it just —

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Although neither partner would have exclusive rights, the current trend in television is for studios to maximize revenue to help pay for expensive programs, like “South Park,” while maintaining some streaming rights.

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