tel·e·vi·sion (t?l??-v?zh??n)n.1. a. An electronic broadcast system in which special providers transmit a continuous program of video content to the public or subscribers by way of antenna, cable, or satellite dish, often on multiple channels: a new sitcom on television.b. Video content, especially short programs, created for or distributed through such a system: stayed home and watched television.c. An electronic device for viewing television programs and movies, consisting of a display screen and speakers: sat too close to the television.2. The industry of producing and broadcasting television programs: made her fortune in television.[French télévision : télé-, far (from Greek t?le-, tele-) + vision, vision; see vision.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.television (?t?l??v???n) n1. (Electronics) the system or process of producing on a distant screen a series of transient visible images, usually with an accompanying sound signal. Electrical signals, converted from optical images by a camera tube, are transmitted by UHF or VHF radio waves or by cable and reconverted into optical images by means of a television tube inside a television set2. (Electronics) Also called: television set a device designed to receive and convert incoming electrical signals into a series of visible images on a screen together with accompanying sound3. (Broadcasting) the content, etc, of television programmes4. (Professions) the occupation or profession concerned with any aspect of the broadcasting of television programmes: he’s in television. 5. (Broadcasting) (modifier) of, relating to, or used in the transmission or reception of video and audio UHF or VHF radio signals: a television transmitter. Abbreviation: TV [C20: from tele- + vision] ?tele?visional adj ?tele?visionally adv ?tele?visionary adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014tel?e?vi?sion (?t?l ??v?? ?n) n. 1. the broadcasting of an image via radio waves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube or screen. 2. the process involved. 3. a set for receiving television broadcasts. 4. the field of television broadcasting. [1905?10] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.televisionvidiot – An undiscriminating viewer of television or video recordings.gaffer – In television and film, the senior electrician.sixty-four dollar question, sixty-four thousand dollar question – The sixty-four dollar question on the U.S. radio quiz (1942) became the sixty-four thousand dollar question on television (1955).square eyes – Used to describe someone addicted to television.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.televisionThe broadcasting of pictures and sound by radio waves or electric cable was invented by John Logie Baird in 1926.Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited