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English Dictionary: broadcast	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for broadcast
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
broadcast n message that is transmitted by radio or television a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?" Synonym(s): broadcast, program, programme v broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" Synonym(s): air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds" cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" Synonym(s): circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, n. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, a. 1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused. 2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, adv. So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
broadcast A transmission to multiple, unspecified recipients. On Ethernet, a broadcast packet is a special type of multicast packet which all nodes on the network are always willing to receive.