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A way of sending pictures through space by changing the light rays into electric waves which are picked up by a receiver that changes them back to light rays shown on a screen.

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  • I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
  • Just sitting in front of the television is a way of avoiding conversation; parents do that with their kids all the time.
  • I had one college professor say that a job in television is maybe a good second job.
  • "I think the representation of reality in television is a very important thing to look at," he said.
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