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Definition: TV |
TVNoun1. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs. 2. A receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Tv |
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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ta-Td Tc-Td - Te - Tf-Th - Ti - Tj - Tk-Tn - To - Tp-Tr - Ts-Tt - Tu - Tv - Tw-Tx - Ty - Tz
- Tveitt, Geirr, (1908-1981), composer
- Tverberg, Helge, mathematician
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Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television programming and transmission as well.
History
A semi-mechanical analogue television system was first demonstrated in London in February 1924 by John Logie Baird and a moving picture by Baird on October 30 1925. The first long distance public television broadcast was from Washington, DC to New York City and occurred on April 7, 1927. The image shown was of then Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover. A fully electronic system was demonstrated by Philo Taylor Farnsworth in the autumn of 1927. The first analogue service was WGY, Schenectady, New York inaugurated on May 11 1928. CBS's New York City station began broadcasting the first regular seven days a week television schedule in the U. S. on July 21, 1931. The first broadcast included Mayor James J. Walker, Kate Smith, and George Gershwin. The first all-electronic television service was started in Los Angeles, CA by Don Lee Broadcasting. Their start date was December 23, 1931 on W6XAO - later KTSL. Los Angeles was the only major U. S. city that avoided the false start with mechanical television.
The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference on September 4, 1955.
Programming is broadcast on television stations (sometimes called channels). At first, terrestrial broadcasting was the only way television could be distributed. Because bandwidth was limited, government regulation was normal. In the US, the Federal Communications Commission allowed stations to broadcast advertisements, but insisted on public service programming commitments as a requirement for a license. By contrast, the United Kingdom chose a different route, imposing a television licence fee (effectively a tax) to fund the BBC, which had public service as part of its Crown Charter. Development of cable and satellite means of distribution in the 1970s pushed businessmen to target channels towards a certain audience, and enabled the rise of subscription-based television channels, such as HBO and Sky. Practically every country with the technological capability has developed at least one television channel.
TV standards
The standard adopted by the US was called NTSC, which stood for National Television Standards Committee. NTSC is the television standard in the US, Canada, and Japan.
Germany developed the television standard called PAL, which stood for Phase Alternating Line, and introduced it in 1967. PAL is the television standard in the United Kingdom, much of Europe, Africa, Australia, and some parts of South America.
The French developed in 1967 the television standard called SECAM, Sequentiel Couleur avec Mémoire, French for "sequential color with memory". The SECAM standard was used mostly in France and Eastern European "Warsaw Pact" countries.
There are various kinds of television broadcast systems:
- Terrestrial television
- NTSC, PAL, PAL2 and SECAM analog signaling
- Satellite television using standard digital signaling
- Cable television
- both analog and digital systems are available.
- MMDS (Wireless cable)
TV aspect ratio
All of these early TV systems shared the same aspect ratio of 4:3, which was determined by the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) manufacturing technology of the time -- today's CRT technology allows the manufacture of wider tubes. However, due to the negative heavy metal health effects associated with disposal of CRTs in landfills and the space-saving attributes of flat screen technologies that lack the aspect ratio limitations of CRTs, CRTs are becoming obsolete.
The switch-over to DTV systems co-incides with a change in picture format from a aspect ratio of 4:3 (1.33:1) to an aspect ratio of 16:9 (1.78:1). This enables TV to get closer to the aspect ratio of movies, which range from 1.85:1 to 2.35:1. The 16:9 format was first introduced for "widescreen" video and DVDs. The current technical implementation of 16:9 uses the same pixel raster as 4:3 video, in a full screen anamorphic format.
There is no technical reason for this aspect ratio change to be coupled with the introduction of DTV, but it has been decided to synchronize these changes for marketing reasons.
Aspect ratio incompatibility
A wide image on a conventional screen can be shown:
A conventional image on a wide screen can be shown:
- with "letterbox" black stripes at the top and bottom
- with the extreme left and right of the image falling off (or in "pan and scan", parts selected by an operator)
- with the image horizontally compressed
A common compromise is to shoot or create material at an aspect ratio of 14:9, and to lose some image at each side for 4:3 presentation, and some image at top and bottom for 16:9 presentation.
- with black parts at the left and right
- with the top and bottom of the image falling off
- with the image horizontally expanded
Horizontal expansion has advantages in situations in which several people are watching the same set; it compensates for watching at an oblique angle.
New developments
- Digital television (DTV)
- High Definition TV (HDTV)
- Pay Per View
- Web tv
- programming on-demand.
TV sets
The earliest television sets were radios with the addition of a television device consisting of a neon tube with a mechanically spinning disk (the Nipkow disk, invented by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow) that produced a red postage-stamp size image . The first publicly broadcast electronic service was in Germany in March 1935. It had 180 lines of resolution and was only available in 22 public viewing rooms. One of the first major broadcasts involved the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The Germans had a 441 line system in the fall of 1937. (Source: Early Electronic TV)
Television usage skyrocketed after World War II with war-related technological advances and additional disposable income. (1930s TV receivers cost the equivalent of $7000 today (2001) and had little available programming.)
Television in its original and still most popular form involves sending images and sound over radio waves in the VHF and UHF bands, which are received by a receiver (a television set). In this sense, it is an extension of radio.
Color television became available on December 30, 1953, backed by the CBS network. The government approved the color broadcast system proposed by CBS, but when RCA came up with a system that made it possible to view color broadcasts in black and white on unmodified old black and white TV sets, CBS dropped their own proposal and used the new one.
Starting in the 1990s, modern television sets diverged into three different trends:
There are many kinds of video monitors used in modern TV sets. The most common are direct view CRTs for up to 40" (4:3) and 46" (16:9) diagonally. Most big screen TVs (up to over 100") use projection technology. Three types of projection systems are used in projection TVs: CRT based, LCD based and reflective imaging chip based. Modern advances have brought flat screens to TV that use active matrix LCD or plasma display technology. Flat panel displays are as little as 4" thick and can be hung on a wall like a picture. They are extremely attractive and space-saving but they remain expensive.
- standalone TV sets;
- integrated systems with DVD players and/or VHS VCR built into the TV set itself (mostly for small size TV with up to 17" screen, the main idea is to have a complete portable system);
- component systems with separate big screen video monitor, tuner, audio system which the owner connects the pieces together as a high-end home theater system. This approach appeals to videophiles who prefer components which can be upgraded separately.
Nowadays some TVs include a port to connect peripherals to it or to connect the set to an A/V home network (HAVI), like LG RZ-17LZ10 that includes a USB port, where one can connect a mouse, keyboard and so on ( very interesting for WebTV).
Even for simple video, there are five standard ways to connect a device. These are as follows:
- Component Video- three separate connectors, with one brightness channel and two color channels, and is usually referred to as Y, B-Y, R-Y or Y Pr Pb. This provides for high quality pictures and is usually used inside professional studios. However, it is being used more in home theater for DVDs and high end sources. Audio is not carried on this cable.
- SCART- A large 21 pin connector that may carry Composite video, S-Video or for better quality, separate red, green and blue (RGB) signals and two-channel sound, along with a number of control signals. This system is standard in Europe but rarely found elsewhere.
- S-Video- two separate channels, one carry brightness, the other carrying color. Also referred to as Y/C video. Provides most of the benefit of component video, with slightly less color fidelity. Use started in the 1980s for S-VHS, Hi-8 and early DVD players to relay high quality video. Audio is not carried on this cable.
- Composite video- The most common form of connecting external devices, putting all the video information into one stream. Most televisions provide this option with a yellow RCA cable. Audio is not carried on this cable.
- Coaxial or RF (coaxial cable)- All audio channels and picture components are transmitted through one wire and modulated on a radio frequency. Most TVs manufactured during the past 15-20 years accept coaxial connection, and the video is typically "tuned" on channel 3 or 4.
Advertising
From the earliest days of the medium, television has been used as a vehicle for advertising. Since their inception in the USA in the late 1940s, TV commercialss have become far and away the most effective, most pervasive, and most popular method of selling products of all sorts. US advertising rates are determined primarily by Nielsen Ratings
US networks
In the US, television networks produce prime-time programs for their affiliate stations to air between 8pm and 11pm. (7pm and 10pm in the Central and Mountain time zones). Most stations have their own programming off the prime time.
Colloquial names
- Telly
- The Tube/Boob Tube
- The Goggle Box
- The Cyclops
Related articles
- List of 'years in television'
- Lists of television channels
- List of television programs
- List of television commercials
- List of television personalities
- List of television series
- Animation and Animated series
- Nielsen Ratings
- Home appliances
- Reality TV show
- Television network
- Video
- Voyager Golden Record
- V-chip
- Wasteland Speech
- DVB
External Links
See also Charles Francis Jenkins.
Further Reading
TV as social pathogen, opiate, mass mind control, etc
Alternate use of the term: Television (band)
- Marie Winn The Plug-in Drug
- Neil Postman Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Terence McKenna Food of the Gods
- Joyce Nelson The Perfect Machine
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Television."
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TV may stand for:
- Television
- Transvestite
- Tuvalu (ISO country code; see .tv)
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TV | Dutch | Televisie | Post & Telecom |
TV | English | Tidal Volume | N/A |
TV | French | République de Tuvalu | Geography |
TV | Greek | Τουβαλού | Geography |
TV | Italian | Televisione | Post & Telecom |
TV | Spanish | Trombosis venosa | N/A |
| TVOL | English | TV OnLine cable service | Computer - (WorldGate, Internet) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TVSynonyms: boob tube (n), goggle box (n), idiot box (n), telecasting (n), television (n), television receiver (n), television set (n), telly (n), tv set (n), video (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Adjective: attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; Verb: alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt, transfixed, riveted, mesmerized, hypnotized; glued to (the TV); breathless; preoccupied; (inattentive); watchful; (careful); breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch; (expectant). |
Representation | Picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TVerb: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm not a valedictorian but I play one on tv. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) No I saw him on tv the other day he was holding 5 elephants in 1 hand (Stand by Me; writing credit: Raynold Gideon) | |
Lyrics | She turns on TV, guess who she sees (Sk8er Boi; performing artist: Avril Lavigne) Plus she don't watch too much TV (Hey Leonardo (She likes me for me); performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls) But then I turned on the TV (What's My Age Again?; performing artist: Blink-182) I don't think the TV was joking (But Anyway; performing artist: Blues Traveler) Table for two on a TV tray (Born To Be My Baby; performing artist: Bon Jovi) | |
Clever | In California, they don't throw their garbage away - they make it into TV shows. (references; author: Woody Allen) Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one? (references; author: unknown) When there's nothing on TV, most people will watch it anyway. (references; author: unknown) You are an engineer if you need a checklist to turn on the TV. (references; author: unknown) What separates "60 Minutes" on CBS from every other TV show? No theme song music. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | New York - Twin Parks Project - TV Channel 13 (1974) Archie's TV Funnies (1971) TV drama (1969) 15/67: TV (1967) TV or Not TV (1962) | |
Song Titles | Girl On TV (performing artist: LFO) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 13 spacecraft.The first of the Venera missions to include a color TV camera and the first to succeedin obtaining pictures since Venera 10, the Venera 13 lander touched down on 3 March 1982. Credit: NASA. |  | NSSL researchers mounted weather instruments on this very tall TV tower. This was the WKY-TV, Oklahoma City, 1602' tower. This tower was used during the 1970's and 1980's. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
 | Scientist inspecting early TIROS satellite components. In the immediate foreground are two TV cameras with a tape recorder in between. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Overhead view of a TIROS satellite showing interior arrangement of satellite sensing packages including TV cameras and infra-red sensors. In: "TIROS A Story of Achievement" RCA, February 28, 1964, Figure 2. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | Fireboss TV interviewFoothills fireBoise FrontFour Rivers Field OfficeLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |  | "TV class" in a Rushville, Indiana, school. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Beatles rehearse for TV show. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | George G. Frelinghuysen, business at 411 Park Ave., New York City. TV tables. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Significant figures of our time. 4. On TV his witty and lucid explanation of the mysteries of the kitchen make his name a household word. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Hey Mom, look what violence on TV does to Dad!". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "NRL TV Shot" by Long Zheng Commentary: "A shot of the NRL on TV." | "Man watchin tv" by Pontus Madsen Commentary: "Man watchin jackass on tv." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | TV show theme song; television. | | Theme music; TV; introduction. |
| Organ; science; television; TV; cosmic; outer space; nova; exploration; explore. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Bill Hicks | I just cannot, you know, believe in a war against drugs when they've got anti-drug commercials on TV all day long, followed by, "This Bud's for you." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A wire connects the patch to a TV screen. (references) | |
These pictures are shown on a monitor like a TV screen and can be printed on paper. (references) | ||
The patient swallows an endoscope—a long, flexible, lighted tube connected to a computer and TV monitor. (references) | ||
Business | Some brands sponsor popular TV programs. (references) | |
Cable TV also has its share of new movers in the market. (references) | ||
Print is a close second to TV, as an advertiser's choice. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Mozambique | TV Mozambique (TVM) continued to demonstrate strong bias towards the Government. (references) |
Colombia | On May 3, Cali-based Telepacifico TV sports reporter Yesid Marulanda Romero was killed. (references) | |
Guinea-Bissau | National TV broadcasts from 7 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and 5 p.m. to midnight on weekends. (references) | |
Economic History | Azerbaijan | Turkish TV is also received. (references) |
Turkey | In Turkey, there are 16 national TV channels. (references) | |
Mexico | Cable TV penetration is estimated at 3 percent. (references) | |
Human Rights | Slovak Republic | SMK Chairman Bela Bugar told TV Markiza that SMK members were being monitored and that their telephones were tapped. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | The police seized his identity card, other documents, and videotapes of an interview he gave on national TV. On September 4, the airport police summoned and questioned him for 2 hours about his trip. (references) | |
Minorities | Iran | The number of Kurdish publications is on the increase, and there is also the prospect of limited Kurdish TV broadcasting. (references) |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | In the cable TV market, concerns remain that the island's two dominant Multi-System Operators (MSOs) collude to inhibit fair competition. (references) |
HUNGARY | Current draft legislation would require that over 50 percent of both public and private TV broadcasting be European programming, where practicable. (references) | |
HONDURAS | Services Barriers: In certain services industries (e.g., local transportation, insurance, radio and TV stations, and distributorships), majority control must be in the hands of Honduran nationals. (references) | |
Trade | Chile | All films, videos and TV programs, imported or locally produced, currently are reviewed for suitability. (references) |
Turkey | Products requiring after-sales service such as motor vehicles, household electrical goods, office equipment and computers, cash registers, TV and video equipment, heaters, gas-fired burners, industrial machinery, automobiles, and wireless equipment require an import permit from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. (references) | |
Switzerland | The standard VAT rate is 7.6 percent, although there is a reduced rate of 2.3 percent for certain goods and services, such as foodstuffs, agricultural products (meats, cereals, plants, seed and flowers), medicine and drugs, newspapers, magazines, books and other printed materials as well as on services of radio and TV companies. (references) | |
Travel | Mexico | Mexico City has eight local TV stations that broadcast Spanish language programming. (references) |
Honduras | Eight local TV stations can be seen in Honduras, all with Spanish-language programming. (references) | |
Luxembourg | TV viewers currently have access to a broad range of programs from around the world via satellite. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Alexander Benedetto | William is lying there sleeping in the guest house there. We go back in. We sit down, watch a little TV, unwind a little bit, go to sleep. |
Dennis Miller | TV news wants you entertained first, informed maybe. |
Louise Ashby | Through writing a book. I'm writing another two books. You know, the old acting job. I'm modeling here and there and now, you know, I'm in talks about having a TV show. |
Madonna | Don't read the newspapers. Don't read magazines, and don't watch TV, sorry. I'll watch this interview though. |
Mariane Pearl | Well, that's what I was doing. And then we went back to a hotel and put the TV on and saw like in the middle age there and we saw the first just collapse like in front of us. It was pretty real. That's how we found out. |
Michael J. Fox | I'm one of a million involuntary experts on Parkinson's Disease in the United States, battling its destructive nature as we wait for a cure. We need a rescue and the country should know it. I'm also here because I'm a guy with PD who happens to be on TV. |
Rosie O'Donnell | I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like. I am the gay parent. America has watched me parent my children on TV for six years. They know what kind of parent I am. |
Rush Limbaugh | You may have heard through the grapevine that the Republicans are going to produce some TV ads to promote the Bush tax cut plan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | I call on Congress to pass the requirement for a V-chip in TV sets so that parents can screen out programs they believe are inappropriate for their children. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "TV" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.90% of the time. "TV" is used about 6,530 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.9% | 6,458 | 1,498 |
| Noun (common) | 1.1% | 72 | 39,377 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,530 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| France | TF1 - TV Francaise | Germany | Brainpool TV AG |
| Italy | Mondo TV SPA | Sweden | TV 4 AB (publ) |
| USA | TV Guide, Inc. | ||
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "TV": cable tv ♦ closed circuit TV ♦ color TV ♦ color tv set ♦ color TV tube ♦ colour TV ♦ colour tv set ♦ colour TV tube ♦ on tv ♦ piped tv ♦ reality TV ♦ school TV ♦ terrestrial TV ♦ tv announcer ♦ TV audience ♦ TV camera ♦ TV channel ♦ tv definition ♦ tv dinner ♦ TV evangelist ♦ tv guide ♦ TV image ♦ tv monitor ♦ tv network ♦ tv newscast ♦ TV newsman ♦ TV program ♦ tv receiver set ♦ TV reporter ♦ tv request programme ♦ tv room ♦ tv screen ♦ tv set ♦ TV show ♦ TV star ♦ tv station ♦ TV Typewriters ♦ tv viewers ♦ watch tv. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "TV": tv-action, tv-aerial, tv-am, tv-antenna, tv-bred, tv-cable, tv-cassette, tv-channel, tv-crit, tv-dinner-trays, tv-drama, tv-driven, tv-eye, tv-film, tv-friendly, tv-guide, tv-in-the-sky, tv-land, tv-less, tv-licence, tv-linked, tv-lounge, tv-movie-of-the-week, tv-oriented, tv-phenomenon, tv-progamme, tv-promoted, tv-quality, tv-radio, tv-related, tv-sat, tv-scanned, tv-screen, tv-size, tv-studio, tv-style, tv-transmission, tv-transmitter, tv-video, tv-video-cd, tv-viewing, tv-watching, tv-writing. | |
Ending with "TV": cable-tv, mip-tv. | |
Containing "TV": closed-circuit-tv-monitored, nun-cum-critic-cum-tv-star, soon-to-be-tv-series. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
satellite tv | 27,098 | tv food network | 1,471 |
tv guide | 26,353 | smart tv | 1,444 |
tv | 12,822 | internet tv | 1,414 |
food tv | 10,275 | tv dish | 1,234 |
direct tv | 10,226 | lcd tv | 1,231 |
court tv | 8,281 | tv land | 1,206 |
tv wbal | 7,627 | reality tv | 1,205 |
tv show | 6,027 | tv guide online | 1,160 |
cable tv | 5,419 | tv schedule | 1,121 |
tv listing | 4,923 | sony tv | 1,101 |
as seen on tv | 4,605 | tome tv | 1,043 |
spike tv | 3,087 | tv commercial | 963 |
tv stands | 3,030 | big brother tv show | 957 |
fox tv | 2,445 | tv tuner | 955 |
web tv | 2,296 | big screen tv | 950 |
sharp tv | 2,024 | tv antenna | 894 |
multisystem tv | 1,929 | online tv | 831 |
tv azteca | 1,874 | mad tv | 809 |
tv movie | 1,719 | friend tv show | 787 |
tech tv | 1,658 | flat screen tv | 753 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "TV"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | TV (television), televisie (television), beeldradio (television). (various references) | |
Albanian | televizor (boob tube, television set, televisor, telly), shkurtim për televizion. (various references) | |
Arabic | تلفزيون (boob tube, tele, television). (various references) | |
Catalan | televisió (television). (various references) | |
Chinese | 電視 (television), 电视 (television, telly, TVS). (various references) | |
Czech | kabelová televize (cable tv), filmová kamera (tv camera). (various references) | |
Danish | fjernsyn (television). (various references) | |
Dutch | televisie (television, television set, TV set). (various references) | |
Esperanto | televido (television). (various references) | |
Faeroese | sjónvarp (television). (various references) | |
Finnish | televisio (television, television set, the box, the telly). (various references) | |
French | télévision. (various references) | |
Frisian | televyzje (television). (various references) | |
German | Fernsehen (look in, teleview, television, watch television, watch tv). (various references) | |
Greek | τηλεόραση (television, video). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tv (telly), televízió (television), tévé (t.v., television, telly). (various references) | |
Icelandic | sjónvarp (television). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tabung gambar (TV picture tube). (various references) | |
Italian | televisione (box, television, telly, watch television). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | テルミット反応 (combination television and video-recorder, facsimile through television, home shopping network, tape recorder, telecast, telecine, telecommunication, teleconference, telecontrol system, teleconverter, telegenic, telegraph, telekinesis, telepathy, telephone club, telescan, telescope, teletex, teletext, Teletopia, teletype, teletypewriter, teletypewriter exchange, television, television camera, television continuity, television game, television network, television rating system, television set, television shopping, television talent, telex, tellurium, terebinthina, thermit reaction, trekking, video game). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | テレビ (television). (various references) | |
Korean | 텔레비젼 (TVS). (various references) | |
Norwegian | fjernsyn (television). (various references) | |
Papiamen | televishon (television). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | tvay.(various references) | |
Polish | telewizja (television). (various references) | |
Portuguese | televisão (television, televisual, video). (various references) | |
Romanian | televiziune (t.v., television, telly). (various references) | |
Russian | тв, телевидение (small screen, television, televisual, TV broadcast, video). (various references) | |
Scottish | telebhisean (television). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | televizor (box, television set, telly), televizija (television). (various references) | |
Spanish | televisión (t.v., television). (various references) | |
Swedish | TV (television, telly, tv-set, video), television (television). (various references) | |
Tagalog | telebísyon (television). (various references) | |
Thai | ระบบการส่งสัญญาณโทรทัศน์ด้วยสายเคเบิล (cable television, cable TV). (various references) | |
Turkish | televizyon (boob tube, box, gogglebox, t.v., television, telly, the tube, video). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | телевізор (television, televisor, telly), телебачення (television, video). (various references) | |
Welsh | teledu (televise, television). (various references) | |
Zulu | umabonwakude (television set, TV set). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words containing "TV": boddhisattva, boddhisattvas, bodhisattva, bodhisattvas, eightvo, eightvos, outvalue, outvalued, outvalues, outvaluing, outvaunt, outvaunted, outvaunting, outvaunts, outvie, outvied, outvies, outvoice, outvoiced, outvoices, outvoicing, outvote, outvoted, outvotes, outvoting, outvying, postvaccinal, postvaccination, postvagotomy, postvasectomy, postvocalic, zemstva, zemstvo, zemstvos. (additional references) | |
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"TV" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Tov, Tve, Tvu, Tzvi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "t-v" | |
+1 letter: tav, vat, vet. | |
+2 letters: tavs, tivy, vast, vats, vatu, vent, vert, vest, veto, vets, vext, vita, volt, vote. | |
+3 letters: avant, avast, avert, civet, covet, davit, divot, duvet, event, evert, evict, evite, gavot, lovat, ovate, overt, pivot, revet, rivet, stave, stove, trave, trove, valet, vasts, vasty, vatic, vatus, vault, vaunt, veldt, vents, verst, verts, vertu, vesta, vests, vetch, virtu, visit, vista, vitae, vital, vitta, volta, volte, volti, volts, vomit, voted, voter, votes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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