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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   an early television camera having a mosaic of photoactive cells
2. 2
   the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

amplifiercamerageneratortube

Etymology

From icono- + -scope.

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