Meaning & use
iconoscope
Last updated
Meaning
nouncountabletechnicalold-fashioned
An early television camera tube that converted an optical image into an electrical signal.
Grammar: Countable; used with 'a' or in the plural: an iconoscope, early iconoscopes.
Patterns
- an iconoscope camera
- invent the iconoscope
- use an iconoscope
The iconoscope was a key invention in the development of television.
Engineers replaced the iconoscope with more sensitive camera tubes.
Early broadcasts used iconoscope cameras to capture images.
Word forms
| plural | iconoscopes |
|---|
Common combinations
- iconoscope camera
- The iconoscope camera was bulky and required bright lighting.
- invent the iconoscope
- Vladimir Zworykin is credited with inventing the iconoscope.
- early iconoscope
- The early iconoscope had limited resolution.
Synonyms and how they differ
- camera tube
- Camera tube is a general term for any tube that converts images to signals; iconoscope is a specific early type.
Word family
- iconoscopic adjective
- Relating to an iconoscope.
Commonly confused: iconoscope or iconoscope?
iconoscope vs iconoscope
Not to be confused with 'icon' or 'scope'; it is a specific historical device.
Practice
What was the iconoscope used for?
Choose one answer.
The iconoscope was an early camera tube that converted optical images into electrical signals. Option 0 describes a display device, option 2 a microphone, and option 3 an amplifier.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “iconoscope”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.