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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
television/ˈtelɪvɪʒn/
noun
  • 1 a system for converting visual images (with sound) into electrical signals, transmitting them by radio or other means, and displaying them electronically on a screen.
  • 2 the activity, profession, or medium of broadcasting on television.
  • 3 (also television set) a device with a screen for receiving television signals.
– origin early 20th cent.: from tele- + vision.



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