English noun: television |
| 1. | television (communication) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects |
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| Samples | She is a star of screen and video.
Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done.
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| Synonyms | telecasting, TV, video |
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| Broader (hypernym) | broadcasting |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cable, cable television, HDTV, high-definition television |
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| Part holonym | audio, picture, sound, video |
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| Domain category members | action replay, boob tube, closed-captioned, colorcast, couch potato, frequency band, goggle box, idiot box, instant replay, replay, telecast, televise, television, television, television receiver, television set, television system, telly, tv, tv set, waveband |
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| 2. | television (artifact) a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points |
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| Synonyms | television system |
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| Broader (hypernym) | telecom equipment, telecom system, telecommunication equipment, telecommunication system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cable, cable system, cable television, cable television service, closed-circuit television, color television, color television system, color TV, colour television, colour television system, colour TV, satellite television, satellite TV |
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| Part holonym | audio, boob tube, cathode-ray tube, CRT, goggle box, idiot box, monitor, television, television equipment, television receiver, television set, television transmitter, telly, tv, tv set, video equipment |
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| Domain category | telecasting, television, TV, video |
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| 3. | television (artifact) an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen |
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| Samples | The British call a tv set a telly.
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| Synonyms | boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television receiver, television set, telly, tv, tv set |
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| Broader (hypernym) | receiver, receiving system |
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| Part holonym | kinescope, picture tube, television tube |
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| Part meronym | television, television system |
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| Domain category | telecasting, television, TV, video |
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