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Zworykin

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Zwor·y·kin  (zwôr-kn, zvôry-), Vladimir Kosma 1889-1982.
Russian-born American physicist and inventor of the iconoscope (1923), the first practical television camera.

Zworykin [ˈzwɔːrɪkɪn]
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(Biographies / Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma (1889-1982) M, USnational of birth: Russian, SCIENCE: physicist, FILMS AND TV: television pioneer) Vladimir Kosma (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˈkɒsmə). 1889-1982, US physicist and television pioneer, born in Russia. He developed the first practical television camera
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Noun1.Zworykin - United States physicist who invented the iconoscope (1889-1982)Zworykin - United States physicist who invented the iconoscope (1889-1982)


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