television
te·le·vi·sion
noun
1.
broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
- “she is a star of screen and video”
- “Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done” Ernie Kovacs
2.
a receiver that displays television images
- “the British call a tv set a telly”
3.
a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
Origin
From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.
Phrases
- ambush television
- analog television
- appointment television
- black-and-white television
- breakfast television
- cable television
- closed-circuit television
- color television
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