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noun
1a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens, chiefly used to broadcast programs for entertainment, information, and education. the activity, profession, or medium of broadcasting on television:neither of my children showed the merest inclination to follow me into television [as modifier]:television news television programs:Dan was sitting on the sofa watching television
2 (also television set) a device that receives television signals and reproduces them on a screen.