TELEVISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does television mean? 

• TELEVISION (noun)
  The noun TELEVISION has 3 senses:

1. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

2. a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

3. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

  Familiarity information: TELEVISION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEVISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

telecasting; television; TV; video

Context example:

Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done

Hypernyms ("television" is a kind of...):

broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)

Meronyms (parts of "television"):

picture; video (the visible part of a television transmission)

audio; sound (the audible part of a transmitted signal)

Domain member category:

action replay; instant replay; replay (the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape)

television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)

boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)

frequency band; waveband (a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals))

couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))

telecast; televise (broadcast via television)

colorcast (broadcast in color)

closed-captioned (broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "television"):

cable; cable television (television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver)

HDTV; high-definition television (a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail)

Derivation:

televise (broadcast via television)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

television; television system

Hypernyms ("television" is a kind of...):

telecom equipment; telecom system; telecommunication equipment; telecommunication system (a communication system for communicating at a distance)

Meronyms (parts of "television"):

cathode-ray tube; CRT (a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen)

monitor (electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions)

television equipment; video equipment (electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound)

boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)

television transmitter (transmitter that is part of a television system)

audio (the sound elements of television)

Domain category:

telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "television"):

cable; cable system; cable television; cable television service (a television system that transmits over cables)

closed-circuit television (a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater))

color television; color television system; color TV; colour television; colour television system; colour TV (a television that transmits images in color)

satellite television; satellite TV (a television system in which the signal is transmitted to an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and amplifies it and transmits it back to earth)

Derivation:

televise (broadcast via television)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set

Context example:

the British call a tv set a telly

Hypernyms ("television" is a kind of...):

receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)

Meronyms (parts of "television"):

kinescope; picture tube; television tube (a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen)

Domain category:

telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)

Holonyms ("television" is a part of...):

television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)

 Context examples 

The study questionnaire asked whether the women slept with no light, a small nightlight, light outside of the room, or a light or television on in the room.

(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient believe that television or magazine figures are actually present in the home?

(NPI - Television or Magazine Figures Are Actually Present In the Home, NCI Thesaurus)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television.

(PHQ-9 - Trouble Concentrating on Things, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had difficulty concentrating while reading a newspaper or watching the television.

(Difficulty Concentrating Reading Newspaper or Watching Television, NCI Thesaurus)

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) I can enjoy a good book or radio or television programme.

(HADS - I Can Enjoy a Good Book or Radio or Television Programme, NCI Thesaurus)

This also suggests you will appear on television or otherwise have your image in the media for all the world to see because Neptune rules the silver image (in this case, of you).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Diaphranography (transillumination light scanning) is a non-invasive imaging procedure for the detection and evaluation of breast disease, by visualizing lesions through a television camera sensitive to infrared light.

(Diaphranography, NCI Thesaurus)

Noise is all around you, from televisions and radios to lawn mowers and washing machines.

(Noise, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Lightweight semiconducting plastics are now widely used in mass market electronic displays such as those found in phones, tablets and flat-screen televisions.

(Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport, Universities of Cambridge)

In addition, it regulates radiation-emitting electronic products (medical and non-medical) such as lasers, x-ray systems, ultrasound equipment, microwave ovens and color televisions.

(Center for Devices and Radiological Health, NCI Thesaurus)