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TELECASTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
Example:
Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done
Synonyms:
telecasting; television; TV; video
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("telecasting" is a kind of...):
broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)
Meronyms (parts of "telecasting"):
picture; video (the visible part of a television transmission)
audio; sound (the audible part of a transmitted signal)
Domain member category:
action replay; instant replay; replay (the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape)
television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)
boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)
frequency band; waveband (a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals))
couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))
telecast; televise (broadcast via television)
colorcast (broadcast in color)
closed-captioned (broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telecasting"):
cable; cable television (television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver)
HDTV; high-definition television (a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail)
Derivation:
telecast (broadcast via television)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb telecast
