iconoscope

Noun

Meaning

the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

electric eye

Hypernyms

television pickup tube television-camera tube

Examples

Baird and Farnsworth competed with EMI for the U.K. standard television system, but EMI merged with the Marconi Company in 1934, gaining access to the RCA Iconoscope patents. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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