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 Dictionary entry overview: What does TV mean? 

• TV (noun)
  The noun TV has 2 senses:

1. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

2. an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

  Familiarity information: TV used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TV (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

telecasting; television; TV; video

Context example:

Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done

Hypernyms ("TV" is a kind of...):

broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)

Meronyms (parts of "TV"):

picture; video (the visible part of a television transmission)

audio; sound (the audible part of a transmitted signal)

Domain member category:

television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)

boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)

frequency band; waveband (a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals))

action replay; instant replay; replay (the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape)

couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))

telecast; televise (broadcast via television)

colorcast (broadcast in color)

closed-captioned (broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "TV"):

cable; cable television (television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver)

HDTV; high-definition television (a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set

Context example:

the British call a tv set a telly

Hypernyms ("tv" is a kind of...):

receiver; receiving system (set that receives radio or tv signals)

Meronyms (parts of "tv"):

kinescope; picture tube; television tube (a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen)

Domain category:

telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)

Holonyms ("tv" is a part of...):

television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)

 Context examples 

Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC Version (FAQ-NACC Version) Paying attention to, understanding, discussing TV, book, magazine.

(FAQ-NACC Version - Pay Attention, Understand, Discuss, NCI Thesaurus)

Functional Activities Questionnaire-NACC - Paying attention to and understanding a TV program, book, or magazine.

(FAQ-NACC Version - Pay Attention, Understand, Discuss, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) Watching TV.

(ESS - Watching TV, NCI Thesaurus)

Parents should limit TV, video game and computer time.

(Exercise for Children, NIH)

Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ) Paying attention to, understanding, discussing TV, book, magazine.

(FAQ - Pay Attention, Understand, Discuss, NCI Thesaurus)

You may be given a stellar writing assignment for a magazine or Internet column or be given the chance to produce an important TV show or segment.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal exhalation (IRV plus TV).

(Inspiratory Capacity, NCI Thesaurus)

Millions of consumers get health information from magazines, TV or the Internet.

(Evaluating Health Information, NIH: National Library of Medicine)

The maximum volume of air a subject can inhale into the lungs after a tidal exhalation (IRV plus TV) as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Inspiratory Capacity, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Those who spent the most time on tablets, phones and the TV had less white matter in their brain.

(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)