TELEVISION

television, television system

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

television, telecasting, TV, video

(noun) broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; “she is a star of screen and video”; “Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done” - Ernie Kovacs

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

television (countable and uncountable, plural televisions)

(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.

Synonyms

• boob tube

• the box

• cultural barbiturate

• electric tit

• electronic babysitter

• glass teat

• goggle box

• idiot box

• magic box

• plebvision

• the shit box

• television set

• telly

• the tube

• TV

Verb

television (third-person singular simple present televisions, present participle televisioning, simple past and past participle televisioned)

(neologism, informal) To watch television.