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Descriptor English: Television
Descriptor Spanish: Televisión
Descriptor televisión
Scope note: Transmisión y reproducción de imágenes transitorias de objetos fijos o en movimiento. Sistema electrónico de transmisión de dichas imágenes junto con sonido por un alambre o a través del espacio por un aparato que convierte la luz y el sonido en ondas eléctricas y las reconvierte en rayos de luz visible y sonido audible. (De Webster's 3d).
Descriptor Portuguese: Televisão
Descriptor French: Télévision
Entry term(s): Televisions
Tree number(s): J01.897.280.500.898
L01.462.500.590.875
L01.462.500.820.090.898
L01.462.500.847.823
SH1.050.060.020
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013690
Scope note: The transmission and reproduction of transient images of fixed or moving objects. An electronic system of transmitting such images together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound. (From Webster, 3rd ed)
Annotation: for color TV do not coord with COLOR unless specifically emphasized & then NIM only
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
DeCS ID: 14068
Unique ID: D013690
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Television - Preferred
Concept UI M0021134
Scope note The transmission and reproduction of transient images of fixed or moving objects. An electronic system of transmitting such images together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound. (From Webster, 3rd ed)
Preferred term Television
Entry term(s) Televisions



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