Definitions for Television
ˈtɛl əˌvɪʒ ənTele·vi·sion

Princeton's WordNet(4.15 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. television, telecasting, TV, video(noun)

   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. television, television system(noun)

   a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

3. television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box(noun)

   an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

   "the British call a tv set a telly"

Wiktionary(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. television(Noun)

   An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.

   It's a good thing that television doesn't transmit smell.

2. television(Noun)

   A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.

   I have an old television in the study.

3. television(Noun)

   Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

   fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

Origin: From télévision.

Freebase(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Television

   Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with or without accompanying sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming, or television transmission. The etymology of the word has a mixed Latin and Greek origin, meaning "far sight": Greek tele, far, and Latin visio, sight. Commercially available since the late 1920s, the television set has become commonplace in homes, businesses and institutions, particularly as a vehicle for advertising, a source of entertainment, and news. Since the 1950s, television has been the main medium for molding public opinion. Since the 1970s the availability of video cassettes, laserdiscs, DVDs and now Blu-ray Discs, have resulted in the television set frequently being used for viewing recorded as well as broadcast material. In recent years, Internet television has seen the rise of television available via the Internet through services such as iPlayer and Hulu. Although other forms such as closed-circuit television are in use, the most common usage of the medium is for broadcast television, which was modeled on the existing radio broadcasting systems developed in the 1920s, and uses high-powered radio-frequency transmitters to broadcast the television signal to individual TV receivers.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Television

   The transmission and reproduction of transient images of fixed or moving objects. An electronic system of transmitting such images together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound. (From Webster, 3rd ed)

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1. television

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Television' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1037

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Television' in Written Corpus Frequency: #979

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Television' in Nouns Frequency: #439

Anagrams for Television »

1. olivenites

How to pronounce Television?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Television in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Television in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Television in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Television in a Sentence

1. Frank Lloyd Wright:

   Television: chewing gum for the eyes.

2. Unknown:

   Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

3. Paddy Chayefsky:

   Television is democracy at its ugliest.

4. Richard P. Adler:

   All television is children's television.

5. Samuel Goldwyn:

   Television has raised writing to a new low.

Images & Illustrations of Television

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