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

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

Concocted for the theater when the iconoscope was still a gadget little known outside the laboratory, Playwright Thornton Wilder's crazy, mixed-up parable of the human race is a tale told largely in TV's own terms.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Always focusing ahead, Sarnoff conceived the radio phonograph, negotiated the acquisition of the Victor Talking Machine Co., then immersed himself in developing Vladimir Zworykin's miraculous iconoscope for commercial television.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sarnoff next saw the potential of the iconoscope, a proto-television patented by Vladimir Zworykin in 1923.

From Time Magazine Archive