black-and-white television

== English == === Etymology === Retronym for television, coined after the invention of colour television to refer specifically to the type of television existing before then. === Noun === 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 ==== (system): color television, colour television (television set): color television, colour television ==== Translations ====