Meaning & use
iconoscope
An early type of television camera tube that converted an optical image into an electrical signal.
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The iconoscope, developed in the 1930s, was among the first practical television camera tubes.
Engineers eventually replaced the iconoscope with more sensitive camera technologies.
A note on using this word
The iconoscope is a historical device; modern cameras use solid-state sensors instead.
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