noun
- 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
- synonyms: telecasting, TV, video
- A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points.
- synonyms: television system
- An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen.
- usage: "the British call a tv set a telly"
- synonyms: television receiver, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box
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