television

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From tele- (“‘at a distance’”) + vision.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

[edit] Noun

television (countable and uncountable; plural televisions)

1. (uncountable) 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. (countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.

   I have an old television in the study.

3. (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.

   ... fifty-seven channels and nothing on [television].

[edit] Derived terms

• cable television
• on television
• televangelism
• televangelist
• television channel
• television network
• television station
• TV

[edit] Synonyms

• boob tube
• cultural barbiturate
• electronic babysitter
• glass teat
• goggle box
• idiot box
• plebvision
• the shit box
• telly
• the tube
• TV

[edit] Related terms

• televise, televize
• televisual

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eeiilnostv
• olivenites

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

television

1. Genitive singular form of televisio.