color television system
- noun
- /ˈkʌlər ˌtɛlɪˈvɪʒən ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
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sistema de televisión en color
- The introduction of the color television system revolutionized home entertainment in the 1960s.
Examples
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Many countries transitioned from black-and-white to a color television system during the late twentieth century.
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Engineers spent years perfecting the color television system to ensure accurate color reproduction.
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The color television system revolutionized home entertainment.
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Did you ever own a color television system?
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Many countries transitioned from black-and-white to a color television system during the late twentieth century.
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The introduction of the color television system revolutionized home entertainment in the 1960s.
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Engineers spent years perfecting the color television system to ensure accurate color reproduction.
Synonyms
A TV method that sends each picture in red, then green, then blue
How Advanced
- Specialized
- US
3
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
color + television + system
The meaning 'a system for broadcasting and displaying television images in color' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'color' (images in color) with 'television' (audiovisual broadcasting) and 'system' (a collection of components). This adjectival + noun + noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English grammar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Color television system comes from the simple idea of a television system that can send and show pictures with color instead of only black and white, like painting a black-and-white photo so it looks real. So, the phrase means a system for sending and showing TV images 'in color'.