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television (iou) and suppurative pleurisy (medicine)


television (iou)



Television noun. E20.
[from TELE- + VISION noun.]
A system for reproducing on a screen visual images transmitted (usu. with sound) by Radio signals; (now rare) the vision of distant objects obtained by such a system. E20.
cable Television: see CABLE noun 3c. satellite Television: see SATELLITE noun.
Glasgow Herald John L. Baird..invented an apparatus which makes Television possible. M. Hocking We'll watch Television.
The medium, Art form, or occupation of broadcasting on Television; (with specifying word) a particular Television service or company. Now also, televised Entertainment, the content of Television programmes. E20.
Television announcer, Television audience, Television camera, Television celebrity, Television commercial, Television journalist, Television personality, Television programme, Television series, Television studio, Television viewer, etc. trial by Television: see TRIAL noun.
N. Wiener Television..as an independent industry. Observer It proved, as discussions on these emotive imponderabilia always do, highly absorbing Television. Private Eye That ghastly woman with the teeth who's always on Television.attrib.:
A device with a screen for receiving Television signals. Also more fully Television set. M20.
Comb.: Television camera tube an electron tube of the kind used in Television cameras for converting a visual image into an electrical signal; Television engineer: who designs or maintains the mechanical and electrical equipment involved in the transmission and reception of Television signals; Television evangelist (orig. US) = TELEVANGELIST; Television licence a licence, renewable annually on payment of a fee, to use a Television set; Television network a system of Television stations; a Television broadcasting organization or channel; Television satellite: put into orbit round the earth to reflect back Television signals; Television set: see sense 3 above; Television station an organization transmitting Television programmes; Television tube (a) = picture tube s.v. PICTURE noun; (b) = Television camera tube above; Television-wise adverb (rare) in the manner of Television; with regard to Television.
? Freq. abbreviated to TV.
televisionless adjective (rare) M20.

suppurative pleurisy (medicine)


suppurative pleurisy -->
purulent pleurisy
Pleurisy with empyema.

Synonym: suppurative pleurisy.