image tube

American

noun

an electron tube that receives a pattern of radiation, as infrared, ultraviolet, or x-ray, on a photosensitive surface and reproduces the pattern on a fluorescent screen.

image tube British

noun

another name for image converter image intensifier

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Etymology

Origin of image tube

First recorded in 1935–40

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