electron camera

American  

noun

Electronics.

1. an apparatus that converts an optical image into a corresponding electric current by electronic means without the intervention of mechanical scanning.

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Etymology

Origin of electron camera

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The official pilot used an electron camera, giving a complete and overlapping series of pictures of the shore five miles away with incredible magnification and detail.

From Talents, Incorporated by Leinster, Murray

And only an electron camera could have used enough magnification to show one man laughing, as if at something the other had said.

From Talents, Incorporated by Leinster, Murray