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Television

noun

Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects. Synonyms: telecasting, TV, video. "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done"

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

An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen. Synonyms: boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television receiver, television set, telly, tv, tv set.

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"Television" Quotes from Famous Books

... and websites regarding emergency preparedness, evacuations, and disaster relief; (7) working to ensure that video programming distributors, including broadcasters, cable operators, and satellite television services, make emergency information accessible to individuals with hearing and vision disabilities; (8) ensuring the availability of accessible transportation options for individuals with disabilities in the ...

— Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Updated Through October 14, 2008 • Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives

... the old man demanded. "How about television? Want to answer that one, Daddy-O? Years ago, everybody had a television set. Color and 3-D. The most. The end. Now there's no television at all. Why not? What happened ...

— Pagan Passions • Gordon Randall Garrett

... effort to stir spiritual ardor in my young breast that the swami had condescended to tell me of his powers of astral radio and television. {FN3-2} But instead of enthusiasm, I experienced only an awe-stricken fear. Inasmuch as I was destined to undertake my divine search through one particular guru-Sri Yukteswar, whom I had not yet met-I felt no inclination to accept Pranabananda ...

— Autobiography of a YOGI • Paramhansa Yogananda

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