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iconoscope

[ ahy-kon-uh-skohp ]

noun

  1. a television camera tube in which a beam of high-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.


iconoscope

/ aɪˈkɒnəˌskəʊp /

noun

  1. a television camera tube in which an electron beam scans a photoemissive surface, converting an optical image into electrical pulses
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of iconoscope1

1930–35; formerly trademark; icono-, -scope

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