camera tube
noun Television.
a cathode-ray tube that converts an optical image projected on its light-sensitive receptor surface into an electrical signal by a scanning process: used in analog television cameras.
Also called
pickup tube.
Compare
image tube.
Words nearby camera tube
cameo ware,
camera,
camera lucida,
camera obscura,
camera phone,
camera tube,
camera-ready,
camera-ready copy,
camera-shy,
cameral,
cameralist
British Dictionary definitions for camera tube
camera tube
noun
the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
See also image orthicon, vidicon, Plumbicon, iconoscope