tele*vi*sion (noun) often attributive [French television, from tele- tele- + vision vision] First appeared 1907 1 : an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound 2 : a television receiving set 3 a : the television broadcasting industry b : television as a medium of communication 4 : human desensitizer ray

next channel