iconoscope

American  

[ahy-kon-uh-skohp] / aɪˈkɒn əˌskoʊp /

noun

1. a television camera tube in which a beam of high-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.

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iconoscope British  

/ aɪˈkɒnəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. a television camera tube in which an electron beam scans a photoemissive surface, converting an optical image into electrical pulses

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Etymology

Origin of iconoscope

1930–35; formerly trademark; see icono-, -scope

Example Sentences

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iconoscope

He suggested they be named for the iconoscope tube, but membershipdidn’t like “Ike” because it was too reminiscent of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

The two rival electronic scanners which have left other rivals behind are the Farnsworth dissector tube and the iconoscope developed by RCA-Victor's famed Vladimir Kosma Zworykin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Externally Dr. Zworykin's iconoscope resembles a big electric light bulb with a long neck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Vladimir Zworykin, inventor of the iconoscope, the first effective television-camera tube, sold the idea to his Princeton neighbor, the great Mathematician John von Neumann.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week plump-cheeked Dr. Zworykin announced that his iconoscope was ready for use as the "eye" of a powerful ultramicroscope.

From Time Magazine Archive