TELECASTING

 Dictionary entry overview: What does telecasting mean? 

• TELECASTING (noun)
  The noun TELECASTING has 1 sense:

1. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

  Familiarity information: TELECASTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELECASTING (noun)

Meaning:

Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

telecasting; television; TV; video

Context examples:

she is a star of screen and video / Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done

Hypernyms ("telecasting" is a kind of...):

broadcasting (taking part in a radio or tv program)

Meronyms (parts of "telecasting"):

picture; video (the visible part of a television transmission)

audio; sound (the audible part of a transmitted signal)

Domain member category:

colorcast (broadcast in color)

telecast; televise (broadcast via television)

couch potato (an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television))

action replay; replay ((television) showing again some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on video tape)

frequency band; waveband (a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals))

boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)

television; television system (a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points)

closed-captioned (broadcast with captions that are seen only on receivers having special equipment; can be provided for hard-of-hearing viewers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "telecasting"):

cable; cable television (television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver)

HDTV; high-definition television (a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail)