color television
Definition
- Noun:
- A television that transmits images in color: A television set or system capable of receiving and displaying broadcasts or signals that reproduce a full range of colors, as opposed to black and white (monochrome) images.
Usage
- The term "color television" refers to the technology, the broadcasting standard, or the physical television set itself. It is commonly used to distinguish from older monochrome (black and white) television.
- Example:
- Example:
Advanced Usage
- "The advent/rise of color television": Refers to the period when color TV technology became commercially available and popular.
- The 1960s saw the advent of color television in many American households.
- Used in technical or historical contexts discussing broadcasting standards (e.g., NTSC, PAL, SECAM).
- The debate over which color television standard to adopt lasted for years.
Variants and Related Words
- Color TV (n): A common abbreviated form of "color television."
- Most programs are now broadcast in high definition for color TVs.
- Color television set (n): A more specific term for the physical device.
- Color broadcast (n): A television transmission in color.
- Color receiver (n): A technical term for a television set that decodes color signals.
Synonyms
- Color TV: The direct abbreviation.
- Colour television (n): The British English spelling variant.
Antonyms
- Black-and-white television (n): A television that displays images only in shades of gray.
- Monochrome television (n): A formal term for black-and-white television.
Noun
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a television that transmits images in color
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