"black-and-white television" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black-and-white televisions [plural]
Etymology: Retronym for television, coined after the invention of colour television to refer specifically to the type of television existing before then. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} black-and-white television (countable and uncountable, plural black-and-white televisions)
  1. A monochrome system of transmitting and receiving television signals. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (system): 黑白電視 (Chinese Mandarin), 黑白电视 (hēibái diànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), mustavalkotelevisio (Finnish), Schwarz-Weiß-Fernsehen [neuter] (German), 白黒テレビ (shirokuro terebi) (Japanese), telewizja czarno-biała [feminine] (Polish), чёрно-бе́лое телеви́дение (čórno-béloje televídenije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-black-and-white_television-en-noun-L~xo9uFN Disambiguation of 'system': 100 0
  2. A television set that displays only monochrome images. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Television Translations (set): 黑白電視 (Chinese Mandarin), 黑白电视 (hēibái diànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 黑白電視機 (Chinese Mandarin), 黑白电视机 (hēibái diànshìjī) (Chinese Mandarin), mustavalkotelevisio (Finnish), Schwarz-Weiß-Fernseher [masculine] (German), telewizor czarno-biały [masculine] (Polish), чёрно-бе́лый телеви́зор (čórno-bélyj televízor) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-black-and-white_television-en-noun-WYDD0I3V Disambiguation of Television: 10 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English retronyms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 96 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'set': 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for black-and-white television meaning in English (4.1kB)

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