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camera tube

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noun Television.
  1. 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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Compare image tube.
Also called pickup tube.
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camera tube

noun
  1. 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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