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Definitions for iconoscope
aɪˈkɒn əˌskoʊpicono·scope

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. iconoscopenoun

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

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  1. iconoscopenoun

    an early television camera having a mosaic of photoactive cells

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  1. Iconoscope

    The iconoscope (from the Greek: εἰκών "image" and σκοπεῖν "to look, to see") was the first practical video camera tube to be used in early television cameras. The iconoscope produced a much stronger signal than earlier mechanical designs, and could be used under any well-lit conditions. This was the first fully electronic system to replace earlier cameras, which used special spotlights or spinning disks to capture light from a single very brightly lit spot. Some of the principles of this apparatus were described when Vladimir Zworykin filed two patents for a television system in 1923 and 1925. A research group at RCA headed by Zworykin presented the iconoscope to the general public in a press conference in June 1933, and two detailed technical papers were published in September and October of the same year. The German company Telefunken bought the rights from RCA and built the superikonoskop camera used for the historical TV transmission at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The iconoscope was replaced in Europe around 1936 by the much more sensitive Super-Emitron and Superikonoskop, while in the United States the iconoscope was the leading camera tube used for broadcasting from 1936 until 1946, when it was replaced by the image orthicon tube.

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  1. iconoscope

    An iconoscope is an early electronic camera tube used in the first television cameras that converts an image into an electronic signal. It was developed in the 1930s and significantly influenced the development of television broadcasting. The device consists of a vacuum tube containing a photosensitive plate that emits electrons when exposed to light. These electrons are then scanned to produce an electrical signal.

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  1. Iconoscope

    The Iconoscope was the first practical television camera. The iconoscope produced a much stronger signal than earlier designs, and could be used under any well-lit conditions. This was the first fully electronic system to replace earlier cameras, which used special spotlights or spinning disks to capture light from a single very brightly lit spot. Some of the principles of this apparatus were described when Vladimir Zworykin filed two patents for a Television system in 1923 and 1925. A research group at RCA headed by Zworykin presented the iconoscope to the general public in a press conference in June 1933, and two detailed technical papers were published in September and October of the same year. The German company Telefunken bought the rights from RCA and built the Iconoscope camera used for the historical TV transmission at the Olympic Games in Berlin 1936. The Iconoscope was the leading camera tube used for broadcasting in the United States from 1936 until 1946, when it was replaced by the image orthicon tube.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of iconoscope in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of iconoscope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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