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.
Anagrams
• olivenites
Source: Wiktionary