English noun: television pickup tube | |||
1. | television pickup tube (artifact) a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals | ||
Synonyms | television-camera tube | ||
Broader (hypernym) | electron tube, thermionic tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic valve, tube, vacuum tube | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | iconoscope, image orthicon, orthicon | ||
Part meronym | camera, television camera, tv camera | ||