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Broadcast : (noun)
1: message that is transmitted by radio or television
2: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last
night?" [syn: program, programme]
(verb)
1: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send, beam,
transmit]
2: sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds"
3: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate,
circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass
around]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Broadcast : \Broad"cast`\, n. (Agric.)
A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the
hand in sowing.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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