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<p>stub definition</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div># A medium for transmitting images (and sounds) at a distance.<br /> # Short for &quot;television set&quot;, a device for viewing television transmission.<br /> # The messages transmitted via the medium.<br /> <br /> Common abbreviations: &#039;&#039;&#039;TV&#039;&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;&#039;telly&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> The word comes from the French, &#039;&#039;télévision&#039;&#039;, which itself combines two word roots: the Greek &quot;tele&quot;, meaning far or at a distance, and the Latin &quot;vision&quot;.<br /> <br /> The technology for television once belonged to the realm of [[science fiction]], and the principle of seeing things at a distance existed within [[fantasy]] long before that, and still does, when the means of achieving this end are magical instead of technological.<br /> <br /> <br /> See also: [[television series]].<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Technology]]</div>

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