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vidicon
[ vid-i-kon ]
noun
Television.
- a camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed on a photoconductive surface scanned by a beam of low-velocity electrons for transmission as signals.
vidicon
/ ˈɪɪˌɒ /
noun
- a small television camera tube, used in closed-circuit television and outside broadcasts, in which incident light forms an electric charge pattern on a photoconductive surface. Scanning by a low-velocity electron beam discharges the surface, producing a current in an adjacent conducting layer See also Plumbicon
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vidicon1
First recorded in 1945–50; vid(eo) + icon(oscope)
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vidicon1
C20: from vid ( eo ) + icon ( oscope )
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Example Sentences
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Both spacecraft were designed to be stable platforms for their vidicon cameras, which used red, green and blue filters to produce full-color images.
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The Vidicon camera, a new type of TV camera.
At last week's Manhattan convention of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Radio Corporation of America showed a tiny, bright-eyed tube, the Vidicon, which would just suit Big Brother's purposes.
If so, the Vidicon should be able to see in near-darkness.
It was aiming at the important field of "industrial television," where the Vidicon will have vast importance.
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