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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


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Origin of iconoscope1

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

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