television

Meaning

Noun

1. An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
2. An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
3. Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
4. Vision at a distance.

Verb

To watch television.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/

Etymology

From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.

Sentences

Television can make you dumb , but it can also be good education .

He regularly appears in print , on the radio and on television .

He made occasional appearances on the television series " All Saints ".

Shorter works and television productions are listed separately .

He has , in one song , parodied " all " the Star Trek television shows .

Henwood occasionally interviews on other radio and television programs .

He took his plate , grabbed a knife and fork and scowled at the savagery on television .