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noun Television.

a cathode-ray tube that converts an optical image projected on its light-sensitive receptor surface into an electrical signal by a scanning process: used in analog television cameras.

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Also called pickup tube.

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How to use camera tube in a sentence

Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
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We also see her physically battling Sheriff Clark, but the camera focuses on her falling to the ground.
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The camera passes to each hostage in turn to allow them to plead with the Lebanese government to let them live.
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He subtly gestured toward the direction of the camera pointed at their house.
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We see photographs of him with his arm around Joan Jett, two punks mugging for the camera.
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Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The best pipet is a small glass tube which has been drawn out at one end to a tip with rather small opening.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for camera tube

camera tube

noun

the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signalSee also image orthicon, vidicon, Plumbicon, iconoscope

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