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KINESCOPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kinescope mean?
• KINESCOPE (noun)
The noun KINESCOPE has 1 sense:
1. a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Familiarity information: KINESCOPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
kinescope; picture tube; television tube
Hypernyms ("kinescope" is a kind of...):
cathode-ray tube; CRT (a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kinescope"):
color television tube; color tube; color TV tube; colour television tube; colour tube; colour TV tube (a television tube that displays images in full color)
Holonyms ("kinescope" is a part of...):
boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)
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