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Television Receiver

Definition: Television Receiver

Television Receiver

Noun

1. 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 Receiver

Synonyms: boob tube (n), goggle box (n), idiot box (n), television (n), television set (n), telly (n), tv (n), tv set (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Television Receiver

English words defined with "television receiver": boob tubecable, cable televisiongoggle boxidiot boxkinescopepicture tubetelevision, television set, television tube, telly, TV, tv set. (references)
Specialty definitions using "television receiver": baseband, broadcast quality videoencrypted servicestelerecording, telerecording equipment for film, TELEVISION INSTALLER, television repairer, TELEVISION-AND-RADIO REPAIRER, transmitter engineer, TRANSMITTER OPERATORWorkmen's Compensation Act. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Television Receiver

DomainTitle

Books

  • Sources of Japanese Industrial Success: The Case of the Television Receiver Industry (Contributions in Economics and Economic History, No 179) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Television Receiver

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Photo Album: Television Receiver

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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..

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Television Receiver

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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.

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Modern Translations: Television Receiver

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

  

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Portuguese

  

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)

   

Spanish

  

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Television Receiver

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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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Alternative Orthography: Television Receiver


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 6C 65 76 69 73 69 6F 6E      52 65 63 65 69 76 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

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)

&#84 &#101 &#108 &#101 &#118 &#105 &#115 &#105 &#111 &#110 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#99 &#101 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#114

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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