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kinescope
[ kin-uh-skohp, kahy-nuh- ]
/ ˈkɪn əˌskoʊp, ˌkaɪ nə- /
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noun
a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
the motion-picture record of a television program.
verb (used with object), kin·e·scoped, kin·e·scop·ing.
to record (a program) on motion-picture film, using a kinescope.
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Also called kine (for defs. 1, 2) .
Origin of kinescope
First recorded in 1930–35; formerly trademark
Words nearby kinescope
kine, kinematic pair, kinematics, kinematic viscosity, kinematograph, kinescope, Kineshma, -kinesia, kinesics, kinesiology, kinesis
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How to use kinescope in a sentence
He phoned an assistant and asked him to kinescope the game off its television broadcast.
British Dictionary definitions for kinescope
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