iconoscope

[ ahy-kon-uh-skohp ]

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

Origin of iconoscope

1
1930–35; formerly trademark; see icono-, -scope

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British Dictionary definitions for iconoscope

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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