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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
electronic device \electronic device\ n. a device depending on the principles of electronics and using the manipulation of electron flow for its operation. [PJC]
Note: Numerous electronic devices are in daily use, among them the {television}, {radio}, {computer}, {robot}, {transmitter}, {receiver}, {VCR}, {CD player}, etc. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
television
noun
1: 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 [syn: {telecasting}, {TV}, {video}]
2: a receiver that displays television images; "the British call a tv set a telly" [syn: {television receiver}, {television set}, {tv}, {tv set}, {idiot box}, {boob tube}, {telly}, {goggle box}]
3: a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points [syn: {television system}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "television": TV, advice, adviser, announcer, annunciator, authority, automation, avionics, box, broadcast journalism, channel, communicant, communicator, electron microscopy, electron optics, electron physics, electronic engineering, electronics, electrophysics, enlightener, expert witness, gossipmonger, grapevine, informant, information, information center, information medium, informer, intelligence, interviewee, journalism, line radio, monitor, mouthpiece, news, news agency, news medium, news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newsmonger, newspaper, newsworthiness, notifier, photoelectricity, press, press association, public relations officer, publisher, radar, radio, radionics, radiophotography, radiotelegraphy, radiotelephony, reportage, reporter, source, spokesman, telegraph agency, teller, telly, the fourth estate, the press, tidings, tipster, tout, transistor physics, tube, wire service, wire wave communication, wired radio, wired wireless, wireless, wireless telegraphy, wireless telephony, witness, word
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
television A dedicated {push media} device for receiving {streaming video} and {audio}, either by terrestrial radio broadcast, satellite or cable. (1997-11-23)
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