television system
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
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sistema de televisión
- The new digital television system allows for clearer images and better sound quality over long distances.
Examples
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In response to that question, this article will examine the Uruguayan context within which the TV environment is located, the Uruguayan television system, children's television use, TV programming aimed at children and adults, and educational television.
Academic text (1990) -
In addition, I took advantage of my school's closed-circuit television system and made an introductory video to build buzz.
Academic text (2013) -
Yet, the majority of television systems and electronic outlets have not provided local communities and organized citizens with access to these media.
Academic text (1991) -
The British television system, because of its production structure, has a greater volume of educational and cultural programs than Latin America, but many fewer current information programs.
Academic text (1992) -
Eight companies, mostly American-owned businesses, now operate ten cable television systems offering programming services to more than half of the Island's municipalities.
Academic text (1991) -
One is that, despite its small size and limited resources, the Dominican Republic has built up a television system that attracts and pleases its viewers.
Academic text (1991) -
The ICN model is the first of several statewide two-way audiovisual television systems operational or under development in the United States.
Academic text (1995) -
Because the mountains interfered with reception, in 1954 he erected an antenna on a high ridge and provided one of the first cable television systems in the United States as a free service.
Fiction book (1999) -
As the cultural and institutional life of Uruguay reflects the clear division between Montevideo and the interior, or the rest of the country, the country's television system mirrors this distinction.
Academic text (1990) -
The television system in Uruguay is idiosyncratic in nature—markedly different from that found in the United States and considerably distinct from those found in neighboring countries of Latin America.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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A machine that shows moving pictures and sound on a screen
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A system for sending and receiving moving pictures and sound to broadcast programs like news or shows
A set of electronic networks and devices that sends information over long distances like phones or the internet
How Complex
- Specialized
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3.2
- Specialized
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3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and literally composed from 'television' (audiovisual broadcasting) and 'system' (a set of interacting components), so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer it refers to a system for television transmission or reception. This type of noun+noun compound is a transparent, cross-linguistically common composition and requires no idiomatic knowledge.
Etymology
The name television system comes from the parts tele- ('far') and vision ('seeing') plus system for a group of connected parts. Early inventors built machines to send moving pictures and sound to distant homes, so a television system is a set of equipment that lets people 'see from far away'.