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TELEVISION SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
Synonyms:
television; television system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("television system" is a kind of...):
telecom equipment; telecom system; telecommunication equipment; telecommunication system (a communication system for communicating at a distance)
Meronyms (parts of "television system"):
audio (the sound elements of television)
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)
boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)
television transmitter (transmitter that is part of a television system)
Domain category:
telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "television system"):
cable; cable system; cable television; cable television service (a television system that transmits over cables)
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; color television system; color TV; colour television; colour television system; 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)
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