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Definition: Television Receiver |
Television ReceiverNoun1. 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. |
Synonyms: Television ReceiverSynonyms: boob tube (n), goggle box (n), idiot box (n), television (n), television set (n), telly (n), tv (n), tv set (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Television Receiver |
| English words defined with "television receiver": boob tube ♦ cable, cable television ♦ goggle box ♦ idiot box ♦ kinescope ♦ picture tube ♦ television, television set, television tube, telly, TV, tv set. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "television receiver": baseband, broadcast quality video ♦ encrypted services ♦ telerecording, telerecording equipment for film, TELEVISION INSTALLER, television repairer, TELEVISION-AND-RADIO REPAIRER, transmitter engineer, TRANSMITTER OPERATOR ♦ Workmen's Compensation Act. (references) |
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![]() | Charles Francis Jenkins inspecting the first new television receiver made for home use.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Secretary of Labor William N. Doak and his secretary, W.W. King, examining a television receiver in their office in Washington, D.C.] / p.Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Underwood & Underwood.. |
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Civil Liberties | Micronesia | Yap State does not have a television receiver station, and few residents have individual satellite dishes. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "television receiver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | fjernsynsmodtagerens billedroer bestaar i det vaesentlige af det straalegenererende system, den fluorescerende skaerm og glaskolben (the cathode ray tube of the television receiver consists essentially of the beam generating system, the luminescent screen and the glass envelope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | TV-toestel (television set), TV-apparaat (television set). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | le tube image des récepteurs de télévision se compose essentiellement du générateur de rayonnement (système radiogène), de l'écran luminescent et du cylindre de verre (the cathode ray tube of the television receiver consists essentially of the beam generating system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Fernsehgerät (television set, televisor, TV (set), TV set), Fernseher (television, television set, television viewer, televisions, televisionset, televisor, televisors, telly, tv, TV (set), tv set), Fernsehapparat (television, television set, tv, TV (set), TV set). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | Η λυχνία καθοδικών ακτίνων του δέκτη τηλεόρασης αποτελείται ουσιαστι-κά,από το σύστημα δημιουργίας της δέσμης,τη φθορίζουσα οθόνη και το γ (the cathode ray tube of the television receiver consists essentially of the beam generating system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | i cinescopi dei televisori sono composti essenzialmente dal cannone elettronico, dallo schermo luminescente e dall'involucro di vetro (the cathode ray tube of the television receiver consists essentially of the beam generating system, the luminescent screen and the glass envelope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elevisiontay eceiverray o tubo imagem dos receptores de televisão consiste essencialmente dum sistema gerador de radiação,do écran luminescente e do cilindro de vidro (the cathode ray tube of the television receiver consists essentially of the beam generating system, the luminescent screen and the glass envelope). (various references) el tubo de rayos catódicos de un receptor de televisión consta esencialmente de un sistema de generación del haz, la pantalla luminiscente y la envoltura de vidrio (the cathode ray tube of the television receiver consists essentially of the beam generating system, the luminescent screen and the glass envelope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-e-i-i-i-l-n-o-r-r-s-t-v-v" | |
-4 letters: electioneerers. | |
-5 letters: electioneerer. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6C 65 76 69 73 69 6F 6E      52 65 63 65 69 76 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110110 01101001 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100011 01100101 01101001 01110110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e l e v i s i o n   R e c e i v e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006C 0065 0076 0069 0073 0069 006F 006E      0052 0065 0063 0065 0069 0076 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471787188758575818025271697175887184 |
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