Antonyms for tele-visions
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : tel-uh-vizh-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛl əˌvɪʒ ən |
Definition of tele-visions
Origin :- 1907, "the action of seeing by means of Hertzian waves or otherwise, what is existing or happening at a place concealed or distant from the observer's eyes" [OED]; in theoretical discussions about sending images by radio transmission, formed in English or borrowed from French télévision, from tele- + vision. Other proposals for the name of this then-hypothetical technology were telephote (1880) and televista (1904). The technology was developed in the 1920s and '30s. Nativized in German as Fernsehen.
- Television is the first truly democratic culture -- the first culture available to everyone and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. [Clive Barnes, "New York Times," Dec. 30, 1969]
- Meaning "a television set" is from 1955. Shortened form TV is from 1948.
- As in video : adj related to the televised image
- As in media : noun communication by publication or broadcast
- As in television : noun visual and audio entertainment transmitted via radio waves
- As in boob tube : noun television set
- As in idiot box : noun television set
- As in mass media : noun communications industry
- As in broadcasting : noun informing via electronic media
- As in receiver : noun device for receiving
- As in electronics : noun electronic devices
Synonyms for tele-visions
- air time
- airing
- announcement
- announcing
- audio
- auditioning
- baby-sitter
- boob tube
- box
- broadcast
- broadcasting
- bug
- cable
- camcorders
- canned
- CD players
- communications
- computer chips
- computers
- control center
- correspondence
- detection device
- disclosure
- electronic components
- electronic media
- expression
- eye
- handset
- headphone
- idiot box
- information media
- integrated circuitry
- intelligence
- listening device
- media
- music video
- news
- newscasting
- performing
- posting online
- prerecorded
- press
- program
- promotional film
- publishing
- putting on program
- radio
- radios
- receiver
- recorded
- reporting
- small screen
- station
- stereos
- taped
- telecasting
- telegenic
- telephone
- television
- television receiver
- televisions
- telly
- the box
- the tube
- transceiver
- transistors
- transmission
- transmitting
- tube
- TV
- TV set
- VCRs
- vid
- video
- video cameras
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