televisern.
/ˈtɛlᵻvʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌvaɪzər/ 1. A type of apparatus for transmitting and receiving television pictures; = televisor n. 1. Now historical.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun]
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1927 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. ii. 23/6 Electricity..when sent through a televiser..reproduces the original image.
1951 Pop. Sci. July 97/1 (heading) This $4 adapter made a dual-purpose televiser out of a 630-type receiver.
2000 S. Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 1 Nov. 12 The people eligible for the free TV licence would have been just babies when John Logie Baird demonstrated the first televiser in 1926.
2. An organization that makes or broadcasts television programmes.
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1931 Variety 27 Oct. 59/2 Canada's 1st televiser.
1953 N.Y. Herald Tribune 22 Feb. ii. 7/1 The seventh televiser in the New York area to use the world's tallest structure.
1996 W. Hoffmann-Riem Regulating Media vi. 241 The competition for programs and stars increased among televisers.
2008 Times (Nexis) 5 Oct. 8 The traditional televisers of international football.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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