kinescope
Americannoun
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a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
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the motion-picture record of a television program.
verb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of kinescope
First recorded in 1930–35; formerly trademark
Example Sentences
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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
The 50-year-old kinescope of the game — which The New York Times reported last week was found in Bing Crosby’s old wine cellar — does not do any of that.
From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2010
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