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Meaning of television

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  television
      n 1: broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects;
           "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a
           medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie
           Kovacs [syn: {television}, {telecasting}, {TV}, {video}]
      2: a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects
         (stationary or moving) between distant points [syn:
         {television}, {television system}]
      3: an electronic device that receives television signals and
         displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a
         telly" [syn: {television receiver}, {television}, {television
         set}, {tv}, {tv set}, {idiot box}, {boob tube}, {telly},
         {goggle box}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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