Tv

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A electronic appliance with a screen that displays broadcast programmes ; the system of transmitting moving images and sound to audiences across the air or by cable
2. A screen-based device used in homes to show broadcast programmes ; the industry and medium that delivers moving pictures and sound to viewers
3. An appliance with a display for watching programmes ; the broadcasting medium through which audiovisual content reaches households

Etymology: "Tv" is simply an abbreviation of "television," and the shortened form appeared within a few decades of the longer word. "Television" itself was built from Greek "tele," meaning "far," and the Latin-derived "vision," so the name literally means "seeing at a distance." The abbreviation followed the common English habit of trimming long coinages, much as "phone" and "bus" were clipped from longer words. The short form is now used both as a noun for the device and for the broadcasting system that delivers programmes to homes. Its sense has therefore moved from a single object to an entire medium, while the capital letters in "TV" are a convention rather than a separate word.

Synonyms: television, telly, TV set