kinescope

American  

[kin-uh-skohp, kahy-nuh-] / ˈkɪn əˌskoʊp, ˌkaɪ nə- /

noun

1. a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.

2. the motion-picture record of a television program.

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verb (used with object)

kinescoped, kinescoping

1. to record (a program) on motion-picture film, using a kinescope.

kinescope British  

/ ˈkɪnəskəʊp /

noun

1. the US name for television tube

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Etymology

Origin of kinescope

First recorded in 1930–35; formerly trademark

Example Sentences

Special thanks to Joe Wren, who made the expert kinescope transfers.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2022

“One of my more recent finds is a kinescope of Shelley and Sarah’s appearance on ‘Person to Person’ from November 1960,” he said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2018

The then seven-year-old was mourning his father, who had died months earlier, and the kinescope, black and white images beaming in from Minnesota were serving as a welcome distraction.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2015

I have no idea, but I'm sure it isn't that, because they found an old kinescope where Jim McKay said the same thing: "a mob at the 18th."

From Golf Digest • May 15, 2012

This was the pattern throughout a career that extended from the kinescope era to cable.

From New York Times • May 20, 2011