aerial
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a piece of equipment consisting of a long thin piece of metal, used to receive radio or television signals. The American word is antenna.
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noun
a piece of equipment consisting of a long thin piece of metal, used to receive radio or television signals. The American word is antenna.
a machine that shows the words that someone has to say when they are appearing on television
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a piece of equipment in televisions and some computers that creates the image on the screen. A beam of high-energy electrons is directed towards the screen, where it makes different spots of colour shine with light to make a picture.
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a piece of equipment sent into space that travels around the Earth and passes television, radio, and telephone signals from one place to another
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a large card that someone holds beside a television camera so that a television presenter can read the words they have to say
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a piece of equipment that changes digital electronic signals into a picture and sound on your television
a piece of equipment that allows the user to receive digital television broadcasts
adjective
HD-ready televisions, computers etc can get and show high-definition pictures when television companies start to broadcast programmes using this technology
noun
a piece of equipment that you wear over your ears with a part you can speak into, connected to a telephone or radio
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television and dvd equipment that is intended to copy the experience of seeing something in a cinema in your own home
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a type of television or computer screen made by putting a mixture of gases between two sheets of glass. This produces a very clear picture which can be looked at from almost any angle.
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the piece of equipment used for sending or receiving spoken messages using electronic signals
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the part of a television or radio that receives electronic signals and changes them into pictures and sounds
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a piece of electrical equipment that sends television, radio, and satellite signals from one place to another
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a piece of equipment that you use for controlling a machine such as a television or stereo system from a short distance away
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a piece of equipment in the shape of a dish that receives special signals from a satellite that allow you to watch satellite television
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the flat surface on a computer, television, or piece of electronic equipment where words and pictures are shown
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a piece of electronic equipment shaped like a box that you use for operating cable television
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an object that controls the flow of electricity inside a piece of electronic equipment such as a radio or television
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a piece of electronic equipment used for sending radio, television, or telephone signals through the air
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an electronic chip put in a television so that parents can control what their children watch
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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