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vid⋅i⋅con

  [vid-i-kon]
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–noun Television.
a camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed on a photoconductive surface scanned by a beam of low-velocity electrons for transmission as signals.
Compare Saticon.

Origin:
1945–50; vid(eo) + icon(oscope)
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vid·i·con   (vĭd'ĭ-kŏn')   
n.  A small television camera tube that forms a charge-density image on a photoconductive surface for subsequent electron-beam scanning.

[vid(eo) + icon(oscope).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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