| 释义 |
Stratovision U.S. Television.|ˈstrætəʊvɪʒən|
Also stratovision.
[f. stratosphere + television.]
A proprietary name for a system whereby television programmes are broadcast to a wide area by retransmission from a circling aircraft.
1945Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer 10 Aug. 1/5 The stratovision system simply puts the antenna and transmitter in an airplane flying in lazy circles 30,000 feet above the earth. 1946Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 14 May 197/1 Stratovision for radio receiving and/or transmitting sets, television receiving and sending apparatus, [etc.]. 1948Sun (Baltimore) 6 Oct. 19/4 If the World Series goes beyond five games, the East Coast and mid-West can see the remaining contests. A linking of the two networks by stratovision plane would provide the largest audience in television broadcast history. 1959Washington Post 24 Dec. a1/7 Four transmitters on the Purdue campus will send two simultaneous programs to the plane, which will travel in a 10-mile circle 23,000 feet above Montpelier... The system, known as ‘stratovision’, is designed to explore the value of the plane in reaching hundreds of thousands of students at one time. 1964B. Grob Basic Television (ed. 3) v. 85 The UHF channels 66 to 83 are available for experimentation with this airborne television system called stratovision. |