camera tube

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.

Compare image tube.

Also called pickup tube.

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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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