English noun: television-camera tube | |||
| 1. | television-camera tube (artifact) a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals | ||
| Synonyms | television pickup 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 | ||