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A television screen, esp. a large one suitable for viewing by large numbers of people.

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  • Orwell's machine, which he calls the telescreen, is a two-way television.
  • These public cameras - the embodiment of the Orwellian "telescreen" - have ushered in a new cinematography.
  • Instead it was some kind of telescreen that passed that laser pointer back through time.
  • I wrote 'telescreen' on it with a small permanent marker.
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