television : Idioms & Phrases

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academy of television arts and sciences

  • noun an academy that gives annual awards for outstanding achievements in television
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cable television

  • noun television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
    cable.
  • noun a television system that transmits over cables
    cable television; cable; cable system.
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cable television service

  • noun a television system that transmits over cables
    cable television; cable; cable system.
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closed-circuit television

  • noun a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater)
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color television

  • noun a television that transmits images in color
    color television; colour television; color TV; colour TV; color television system.
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color television system

  • noun a television that transmits images in color
    color television; colour television; color TV; colour TV; color television system.
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color television tube

  • noun a television tube that displays images in full color
    colour TV tube; color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube.
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colour television

  • noun a television that transmits images in color
    color television; colour television; color TV; colour TV; color television system.
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colour television system

  • noun a television that transmits images in color
    color television; colour television; color TV; colour TV; color television system.
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colour television tube

  • noun a television tube that displays images in full color
    colour TV tube; color TV tube; colour tube; color tube; color television tube.
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field-sequential color television

  • noun an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors
    field-sequential color TV; field-sequential color television; field-sequential color TV system.
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field-sequential color television system

  • noun an early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors
    field-sequential color TV; field-sequential color television; field-sequential color TV system.
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high-definition television

  • noun a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail
    HDTV.
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satellite television

  • noun a television system in which the signal is transmitted to an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and amplifies it and transmits it back to earth
    satellite TV.
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television announcer

  • noun an announcer on television
    tv announcer.
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television antenna

  • noun an omnidirectional antenna tuned to the broadcast frequencies assigned to television
    tv-antenna.
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television camera

  • noun television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam
    camera; tv camera.
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television channel

  • noun a television station and its programs
    TV channel; channel.
    • a satellite TV channel
    • surfing through the channels
    • they offer more than one hundred channels
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television equipment

  • noun electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound
    video equipment.
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television monitor

  • noun monitor used in a studio for monitoring the program being broadcast
    tv monitor.
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television news

  • noun a television broadcast of news
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television newscaster

  • noun someone who reports news stories via television
    TV reporter; TV newsman; television newscaster.
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television pickup tube

  • noun a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
    television pickup tube.
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television program

  • noun a program broadcast by television
    television program; TV program; TV show.
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television receiver

  • noun an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
    goggle box; television; boob tube; tv; tv set; television receiver; telly; idiot box.
    • the British call a tv set a telly
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television reporter

  • noun someone who reports news stories via television
    TV reporter; TV newsman; television newscaster.
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television room

  • noun a room set aside for viewing television
    tv room.
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television set

  • noun an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
    goggle box; television; boob tube; tv; tv set; television receiver; telly; idiot box.
    • the British call a tv set a telly
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television show

  • noun a program broadcast by television
    television program; TV program; TV show.
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television star

  • noun a star in a television show
    TV star.
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television station

  • noun station for the production and transmission of television broadcasts
    TV station.
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television system

  • noun a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
    television.
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television transmitter

  • noun transmitter that is part of a television system
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television tube

  • noun a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
    kinescope; picture tube.
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television-camera tube

  • noun a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
    television pickup tube.
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tricolor television tube

  • noun a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
    tricolor tube; tricolor television tube; tricolour tube.
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tricolour television tube

  • noun a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
    tricolor tube; tricolor television tube; tricolour tube.
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