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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PRESENTATION

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