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vidicon

vidicon

9.9
An old glass tube in television cameras that changes pictures into electric signals
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪdɪˌkɒn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : vidicón
  • It was a modified television vidicon tube with a TGS target, electron beam readout, a germanium lens, and a light chopper.

Examples

  • I sold Vidicons to Tommy Smothers, Dick Martin, Bob Crane.

    Auto Focus (2002)

  • The vidicon tube temporarily holds the image on its surface until it can be scanned for brightness levels.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The engineer explained that the vidicon tube converts light from the camera lens into electrical signals for transmission.

  • In many older television cameras, the vidicon was essential for capturing and transmitting images.

  • Technicians often repaired vidicon tubes to ensure the quality of the television broadcast remained high.

Synonyms

television pickup tube
vsvidicon
  • Archaic
9.9

An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals

is less focused on rapid scanning in its operation
iconoscope
vsvidicon
  • Archaic
9.9

An early device in television cameras that changes pictures into electric signals

is an early type not specific to the first practical generation
television-camera tube
vsvidicon
  • Archaic
9.6

A device used in old television cameras to change an image into electronic signals

is a specific early vacuum tube rather than a general camera device

How Modern

photodetector
  • Specialized
1 7.2
vidicon
  • Archaic
9.9
orthicon
  • Archaic
9.9
iconoscope
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

vidicon singular
vidicons plural

Etymology

The word vidicon comes from video 'to see' and icon 'image'. So a vidicon tube is like a device that 'sees' images and changes pictures into electrical signals.