" television "

[Noun]  | "tele*vi*sion" | \ ˈte-lə-ˌvi-zhən \

1: an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound

2: a television receiving set

3: the television broadcasting industry

Origin: 1900 ;

 French télévision, from télé- tele- + vision vision;

[Noun]  | "television set" 

1: a piece of equipment with a screen that receives images and sounds sent by television

[Noun]  | "cable television" 

1: a system of television reception in which signals from distant stations are picked up by a master antenna and sent by cable to the individual receivers of paying subscribers —called also cable TV

Origin: 1951 ;

[Noun]  | "community antenna television" 

1: cable television

Origin: 1953 ;

[Noun]  | "educational television" 

1: television that provides instruction especially for students

2: public television

Origin: 1951 ;

[Noun]  | "satellite television" 

1: direct broadcast satellite

Origin: 1961 ;

[Noun]  | "direct broadcast satellite" 

1: a television broadcasting system in which satellite transmissions are received by a dish antenna at the viewing location (such as a home) —called also satellite, satellite television

Origin: 1975 ;

[Noun]  | "pay TV" | \ ˈpā-ˈtē-ˈvē \

1: a service providing noncommercial television programming (such as recent movies and entertainment specials) by means of a scrambled signal to subscribers who are provided with a decoder —often hyphenated when used attributively —called also pay television

Origin: 1954 ;

[Idiom]  | "on (the) television" 

1: broadcast by television : being shown by television or in a television program

[Adjective]  | "pre*tele*vi*sion" | \ ˌprē-ˈte-lə-ˌvi-zhən \

1: existing or occurring before television

Origin: 1934 ;

[Noun]  | "television"