Narrowcast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Narrowcast is a verb meaning To transmit a programme to selected individuals or groups, especially via cable.
Meaning
To transmit a programme to selected individuals or groups, especially via cable.
More Meanings
- To send out a message or disseminate information to a specific narrow audience rather than the general public.
- (medicine) To transmit a medical intervention to a specific organ or type of tissue.
- A programme transmitted in this manner.
Example Sentences
Cancer therapies can be narrowcasted to the unique genetic signature of a tumor instead of poisoning every dividing cell in the body.
As much as Israeli media outlets and politicians are narrowcasting their ideologies every day, Israel’s emerging blended society is on full display every night on prime-time TV — an ultra-Orthodox female celebrity chef on one channel, an Israeli Druze female celebrity chef on another, an Israeli Arab star journalist on another.
Word Forms
- narrowcasts
- narrowcasting
- narrowcasted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cablecast, cast, pointcast, slivercast, upcast, cybercast.
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