noun
a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
• Syn: ↑television pickup tube
• Hypernyms: ↑tube, ↑vacuum tube, ↑thermionic vacuum tube, ↑thermionic tube, ↑electron tube, ↑thermionic valve
• Hyponyms: ↑iconoscope, ↑orthicon, ↑image orthicon
• Part Holonyms: ↑television camera, ↑tv camera, ↑camera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.