television set

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television set - an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"

boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television receiver, telly, tv set, tv, television

kinescope, picture tube, television tube - a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

receiver, receiving system - set that receives radio or tv signals

television system, television - a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points

telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs

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television set n → televisore m, televisione f

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