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Television

Scope note

Telecommunication system whereby visual images, with or without accompanying sound, are converted to electromagnetic waves and transmitted to distant receivers where they are reconverted into moving visual images. ERIC12

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000249920

Broader Terms used

telecommunication systems

Term used for

radio vision
TV
vision, radio

Created

13yrs ago

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