- 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
- 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
- the content, etc of television programmes
- the occupation or profession concerned with any aspect of the broadcasting of television programmes
- (modifier) of, relating to, or used in the transmission or reception of video and audio UHF or VHF radio signals: a television transmitter
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tel•e•vi•sion /ˈtɛləˌvɪʒən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Radio and Television the broadcasting of images through radio waves to receivers that project these images on a picture tube:[uncountable]the powerful influence of television.
- Radio and Television Also, ˈtel•eˌvi•sion ˌset. a device or set for receiving television broadcasts:[countable]He bought a new television.
- Radio and Television the practice of television broadcasting:[uncountable]majoring in television and communications.
tel•e•vi•sion
(tel′ə vizh′ən),USA pronunciation n.
tel•e•vi•sion•al
(tel′ə vizh′ə nl),USA pronunciation adj.
tel′e•vi′sion•al•ly, adv.
tel•e•vi•sion•ar•y
(tel′ə vizh′ə ner′ē),USA pronunciation adj.
- Radio and Televisionthe broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube.
- Radio and Televisionthe process involved.
- Radio and Televisiona set for receiving television broadcasts.
- Radio and Televisionthe field of television broadcasting.
- 1905–10; tele-1 + vision
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television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/ n
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- Lynch
- Massey
- Mortimer
- Neill
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- Schama
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