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television

television [ télli vi'n, télli ví'n ] (plural televisions)

noun

Definition:

1. device for receiving images and sounds: an electronic device for receiving and reproducing the images and sounds of a combined audio and video signal

2. broadcast content: the image, sound, or content of a combined audio and video broadcast

spent the evening watching television

3. broadcasting industry: the industry concerned with the making and broadcasting of programmes combining images and sounds

works in television

4. video broadcasting system: a system of capturing images and sounds, broadcasting them via a combined electronic audio and video signal, and reproducing them to be viewed and listened to

televisual [ télli víyoo əl, téllə víyoo əl, télli vízzyoo əl ] adjective

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