television-camera tube
- noun
- Archaic
:
tubo de cámara de televisión
- Early broadcast studios relied on television-camera tubes to capture and transmit live images.
Examples
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The invention of the television-camera tube revolutionized the television industry in the twentieth century.
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Modern digital cameras have replaced the television-camera tube with more efficient image sensors.
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The television-camera tube has been largely replaced by digital sensors.
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Many older models of cameras still use a television-camera tube.
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Early broadcast studios relied on television-camera tubes to capture and transmit live images.
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The invention of the television-camera tube revolutionized the television industry in the twentieth century.
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Many older models of cameras still use a television-camera tube for imaging.
Synonyms
An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals
An old glass tube in television cameras that changes pictures into electric signals
An early device in television cameras that changes pictures into electric signals
How Modern
- Specialized
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7.2
- Archaic
- Archaic
- Archaic
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
television-camera + tube
The compound is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'television' + 'camera' (i.e. a camera for television use) and 'tube' (an electronic glass/metal device) can infer this is a tube/device used in television cameras to convert/scan images into signals. Although the term is technical and somewhat rare, its meaning follows straightforward word‑combination patterns and is therefore predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Television-camera tube comes from early TV equipment: it was a long glass tube inside a camera for television that looked at a picture and turned the light into electronic signals. That's why the name means a device used in old TV cameras to change images into signals.