KINESCOPE

kinescope, picture tube, television tube

(noun) a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kinescope (plural kinescopes)

A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.

(historical) An early television receiver tube.

Verb

kinescope (third-person singular simple present kinescopes, present participle kinescoping, simple past and past participle kinescoped)

(transitive) To record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor.

Source: Wiktionary



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IDESIA

(noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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