television

English

/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
  • (countable) A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
  • (uncountable) Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
  • (uncountable) Vision at a distance.

Etymology

Borrowed from French télévision affix from English vision root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷel-

Gloss

turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
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Timeline

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