n.
Pronunciation: ' te-l ə - ˌ vi-zh ə n esp Brit ˌ te-l ə - '
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: French télévision, from télé- tele- + vision vision
Date: 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