kin·e·scope

[kin-uh-skohp, kahy-nuh-] noun, verb, kin·e·scoped, kin·e·scop·ing. Television.
noun
1.
Also, kine. a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
2.
the motion-picture record of a television program.
verb (used with object)
3.
to record (a program) on motion-picture film, using a kinescope.

Origin:
1930–35; formerly trademark

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kinescope (ˈkɪnəskəʊp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the US name for television tube

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Kinescope is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
Example sentences
Onionskin and mimeographed memoranda and letters concerning kinescope recording.
We're in the crystal radio stage of this technology, the kinescope.
Almost none of the show is known to survive except for parts of three episodes, saved on kinescope.
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