English > television system: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points. |
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| Synonym | television |
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| Category | television, telecasting, TV, video | broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects |
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| Parts | audio | The sound / sound elements of television |
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| cathode-ray tube, CRT | A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen |
| monitor | electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions |
| television equipment, video equipment | electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound |
| television receiver, television, television set, tv, tv set, idiot box, boob tube, telly, goggle box | An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen |
| television transmitter | transmitter that is part of a television system |
| Narrower | cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service | A television system that transmits over cables |
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| closed-circuit television | A television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater) |
| color television, colour television, color television system, colour television system, color TV, colour TV | A television that transmits images in color |
| satellite television, satellite TV | 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 |
| Broader | telecommunication system, telecom system, telecommunication equipment, telecom equipment | A communication ... / communication system for communicating at a distance |
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| Spanish | sistema de televisión, televisión, televisor |
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| Catalan | televisió |
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