tel|e|vi|sion

tel|e|vi|sion «TEHL uh _VIHZH uhn», noun.

1. the process of sending pictures of an object, scene, or something happening through the air or over a wire by means of electricity so that people in many places can see them at once. In television, waves of light from an object are changed into electric waves which are sent to a receiving point, where they are changed back into waves of light that produce an image of the object on a screen. The sound which accompanies the image is sent by radio at the same time.

2. a view of scenes transmitted thus.

3. an apparatus on which these pictures may be seen; television set.

4. the business of broadcasting television programs; the television industry. Abbr: TV

Usage Television is used as an attributive, in such phrases as television show, »

a television station, a television studio.

Such easily understood phrases are not separate entries in this dictionary.