See Also: Nielsen(dictionary)
Lange-Nielsen, F(medicine)
Nielsen ratings(encyclopedia)
Nielsen Ratings, the(dictionary)
Nielsen, Carl (August)(encyclopedia)
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome(medicine)

Nielsen (iou)



Nielsen adjective. US. M20.
[Arthur Charles Nielsen (1897-1980), founder of A. C. Nielsen Co. (see below).]
Designating or pertaining to a popularity rating for radio and television programmes provided by A. C. Nielsen Co. and calculated from figures obtained from a sample survey of receiving sets adapted to record automatically audience listening or viewing patterns. Freq. in Nielsen rating.
Time According to the Nielsen Index figures..Americans will have watched 18,000 TV murders by age 18.