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The tube that made TV possible
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iconoscope
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n. an early television camera having a mosaic of photoactive cells
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The Iconoscope (from the Greek : εἰκών "image" and σκοπεῖν "to look, to see") was the first practical video camera tube to be used in early television cameras . The iconoscope produced a much stronger signal than earlier mechanical designs , and could be ...
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n. the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
Usage examples of iconoscope.
Ward Hiller sat erect in his chair and stared with fascinated eyes at the iconoscope receiver.