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OVER-THE-AIR TV [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

[A] television broadcasting which makes use of television signals transferred by radio waves from television stations[, it] receives the radio waves with the help of a TV receiver which has an antenna.

OBS

terrestrial television; terrestrial TV: these designations are commonly used throughout most of Europe and Latin America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
CONT

Lorsque vous achetez un convertisseur numérique-analogique, vous pourrez recevoir le signal de télévision par la voie des ondes au moyen de votre téléviseur analogique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
DEF

[…] difusión televisiva en el que la señal de televisión se transmite por ondas de radio desde un transmisor terrestre de una estación de televisión a un receptor de televisión que tiene una antena.

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