television receiver
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- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən rɪˈsiːvər/
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televisor
- She bought a new television receiver to enjoy her favorite shows in high definition.
Examples
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And that's true for operating on adjacent channels too, since television receivers don't have the ability to perfectly filter out station signals in nearby cities that use adjacent channels, although you can use adjacent channels for stations in the same city.
Blog text (2) -
But it used the WTO dispute settlement mechanism in response to U.S. antidumping duties on imports of color television receivers in July 1997.
Academic text (2003) -
Taking the analogy of the television receiver further, the part of the psyche we are identified with or are "in" may determine the "channel" we tune into.
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Sheldrake's analogy is that our DNA is analogous to a television receiver that enables us to pick up transmissions; we "tune into" programs in the morphic field.
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It measures the relative consumption of mass entertainment and local culture by computing the "culture/HDTV" ratio: the percentage of persons reporting attendance at local cultural events divided by the percentage of households that had a high-definition television receiver.
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Walking through the unpaved streets and winding paths of small Mayan villages, one can hear the sounds of radio and television receivers coming from the wood and thatch-roof dwellings.
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In general, the MPEG-2 subsystem (n3) of a digital television receiver consists of three main functions: a transport demultiplexor, an audio decoder, and a video decoder, as shown in Figure 2.
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The television receiver in the living room was connected to both cable and streaming services.
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Many families rely on their television receivers to access news and entertainment every day.
Synonyms
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An electronic device with a screen that receives broadcasts and shows moving pictures and sound
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A screen device you use at home to watch shows and films
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A machine like a television or radio
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3.4
A device that picks up signals, for example a radio or television
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A machine with a screen that shows moving pictures and sound
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A machine with a screen that shows moving pictures and sound
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A machine like a TV that shows programs
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A television set people watch to see shows
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A television people jokingly call a waste of time
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A television that shows pictures in color rather than black and white
A box in the home used to watch TV
How Advanced
- Specialized
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- US
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: a 'receiver' that receives 'television' signals, so its meaning is derivable from the constituent words. This simple noun+noun compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns for devices and would be transparent to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Television receiver is a compound noun that comes from joining television, which means 'seeing from far', and receiver, which means 'one that receives'. Imagine a box that 'catches' TV signals and shows pictures on a screen, and that image explains why the name means 'an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen'.