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pickup tube
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pickup tube1
First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences
It turns out there was a previously unnoticed pinhole in the engine’s fuel pickup tube.
From Washington Times
Then R.C.A.'s new "image orthicon" pickup tube went into action, and the girls reappeared on the screen, brighter than ever.
One "scans" the optical image of the scene the "pickup tube" is looking at.
In the television "camera," a lens focuses a picture of the scene on a light-sensitive coating inside the pickup tube's front end.
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