vidicon
[ vid-i-kon ]
/ ˈvɪd ɪˌkɒn /
noun Television.
a camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed on a photoconductive surface scanned by a beam of low-velocity electrons for transmission as signals.
Compare
Saticon.
Origin of vidicon
First recorded in 1945–50;
vid(eo) +
icon(oscope)
Words nearby vidicon
British Dictionary definitions for vidicon
vidicon
/ (ˈvɪdɪˌkɒn) /
noun
a small television camera tube, used in closed-circuit television and outside broadcasts, in which incident light forms an electric charge pattern on a photoconductive surface. Scanning by a low-velocity electron beam discharges the surface, producing a current in an adjacent conducting layer
See also Plumbicon
Word Origin for vidicon
C20: from
vid (
eo) +
icon (
oscope)