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noun
an early television camera having a mosaic of photoactive cells
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: television-camera tube, television pickup tube
History
Etymology tree English icono- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English iconoscope From icono- + -scope.
Across languages
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