kinescope

[ kin-uh-skohp, kahy-nuh- ]

noun

1. 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)

, kin·e·scoped, kin·e·scop·ing.

1. to record (a program) on motion-picture film, using a kinescope.

kinescope

/ ˈkɪnəskəʊp /

noun

1. See television tube
   the US name for television tube

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinescope¹

First recorded in 1930–35; formerly trademark

Example Sentences

He phoned an assistant and asked him to kinescope the game off its television broadcast.

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