kinescope

/'kiniskoup/

Thân thiện

A technician examines the kinescope inside an old television set.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver: A specific type of vacuum tube that translates an incoming television signal into a visible picture on a luminescent screen. This term historically refers to the picture tube in older television sets.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The technician replaced the faulty kinescope to restore the television's picture.
  • Early color televisions used a more complex kinescope than their black-and-white counterparts.

Advanced Usage

• The term kinescope is largely historical and technical, primarily used when discussing the technology of mid-20th-century television sets. It is rarely used in modern contexts, as contemporary displays use LCD, LED, or plasma technology.

Variants and Related Words

• Picture tube: A more common synonym for the television display component.
• Cathode-ray tube (CRT): The broader technical category of vacuum tube display devices, which includes the kinescope.
• Kinescope recording: A related but distinct term referring to an early method of recording a television program by filming the picture from a video monitor. This is a compound term and not a direct variant of the core word.

Synonyms

• Picture tube
• Television tube
• CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube)

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

1. a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

Từ đồng nghĩa

• picture tube
• television tube