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linear television

linear television noun: conventional television viewed at the same time as transmission.

Noun

linear television (uncountable)

  1. Conventional television viewed at the same time as transmission.

Origin of linear television

Retronym for television, coined after the invention of streaming digital video.

Questions about linear television

What does linear television mean?
Linear television means conventional television viewed at the same time as transmission.
What part of speech is linear television?
Linear television is a noun.

Words near linear television in the dictionary

  1. linear subspaces
  2. linear sum
  3. linear sums
  4. linear system
  5. linear systems
  6. linear television
  7. linear time
  8. linear time-invariant
  9. linear time-varying
  10. linear transformation
  11. linear transformations

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