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television
has definitions from the fields of telecommunications,television,electronics
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[ noun ] (telecommunications,television) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
Synonyms Examples "she is a star of screen and video" "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The husky 6 - 3 , 205 - pound lefthander , was in command all_the_way before an on_the_scene audience of only 949 and countless of television viewers in the Denver area . You would be surprised how many fans purposely stayed away from Bears_Stadium last year because of the television policy . (The New York Times,...)Other items on the agenda during the meetings , which are expected to continue through Saturday , concern television , rules changes , professional football 's hall_of_fame , players ' benefits and constitutional amendments . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)Volumes One and Two , selected from the sound_tracks of a television series , contain `` conversations with the elder wise_men of our day '' . (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Television has yet to work_out a living_arrangement with jazz , which comes to the medium more as an uneasy guest than as a relaxed member of the family . |
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[ noun ] (telecommunications,television) a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
Synonyms Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Of_course , it must_not be forgotten that in achieving this historical feat , Prokofieff had the vast resources of his people behind him ; time and economic security ; symphony_orchestras , opera and ballet_companies ; choruses , chamber_music ensembles ; soloists ; recordings ; broadcastings ; television ; large and eager audiences . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)Years ago this was true , but with the replacement of wires or runners by radio and radar ( and perhaps television ) , these restrictions have disappeared and now again too_much is heard . |
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[ noun ] (electronics,telecommunications,television) a receiver that displays television images
Examples "the British call a tv set a telly" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)This behavior on her part subsided only after I had come to see the uncomfortably close similarity between , on_the_one_hand , her arranging the ventilation of the common living_room to her own liking , or turning the television off or on without regard_to the wishes of the others , and on_the_other_hand , my own coming stolidly into her room despite her persistent and vociferous objections , bringing my big easy_chair with me , usually shutting the windows of her room which she preferred to keep in a very cold state , and plunking myself down in my chair - in_short , behaving as if I owned her room . |
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