What does Television mean?

Definitions for Television
ˈtɛl əˌvɪʒ əntele·vi·sion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. television, telecasting, TV, videonoun

    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 systemnoun

    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 boxnoun

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

    "the British call a tv set a telly"

Wiktionary

  1. televisionnoun

    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. televisionnoun

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

    I have an old television in the study.

  3. televisionnoun

    Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

    fifty-seven channels and nothing on television

  4. Etymology: From télévision.

ChatGPT

  1. television

    Television is a system of transmitting and receiving visual and audio content through electronic signals. It typically consists of a screen that displays images and a speaker or audio output device that reproduces sound. It is a widely used medium for entertainment, news, education, and communication, allowing viewers to watch pre-recorded programs or live broadcasts from various sources such as broadcast networks, cable/satellite providers, or streaming platforms.

Wikidata

  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

  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)

Editors Contribution

  1. television

    Television is a device that give out information, and use to communicate from one place to another, also used to broadcast programs for entertainment, and education, which it is a Major vehicle of advertising.


    Submitted by anonymous on February 10, 2021  

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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

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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. Globetrotter Max Pearce:

    I couldn't tell whether it was reality or not because I was in such disbelief this could happen on a live television segment.

  2. Bryan Fuller:

    NBC has allowed us to craft a television series that no other broadcast network would have dared, and kept us on the air for three seasons despite Cancelation Bear Chow ratings and images that would have shredded the eyeballs of lesser Standards Practices enforcers, [NBC Entertainment exec] Jen Salke and her team have been fantastic partners and creatively supportive beyond measure. 'Hannibal' is finishing his last course at NBC's table this summer, but a hungry cannibal can always dine again. And personally, I look forward to my next meal with NBC.

  3. Brian Teta:

    That led to some really awkward television that I'd like to have back if I could, the View's.

  4. Lesley Manville:

    I don’t think it’s taboo, i think what’s happening, been happening in England and I suspect in the States as well, is that companies and distributors and people who make money out of television and films, are seeing that there is a huge audience that wants to see material that doesn’t alienate them, but makes them feel that they’re watching something they can relate to. And therefore, you have to [recognize] the show spectrum of society and not just focus on beautiful people who are under 35.

  5. Jeev Trika:

    Customers are far more likely to have a meaningful connection to your brand when they have an interactive platform available, the younger and more tech-savvy demographic in particular will respond more positively to organic user reviews from their peers than they will respond to a Madison-Avenue-generated television commercial.

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