black-and-white television
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Retronym for television, coined after the invention of colour television to refer specifically to the type of television existing before then.
Noun[edit]
black-and-white television (countable and uncountable, plural black-and-white televisions)
- A monochrome system of transmitting and receiving television signals.
- A television set that displays only monochrome images.
Antonyms[edit]
- (system): color television, colour television
- (television set): color television, colour television
Translations[edit]
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