kinescope (redirected from kinescoping)

kin·e·scope  (kn-skp, kn-)

n.

1. See picture tube.

2. A film of a transmitted television program.

tr.v. kin·e·scoped, kin·e·scop·ing, kin·e·scopes

To make a film of (a transmitted television program).

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[Originally a trademark.]

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kinescope

1. a type of cathode-ray tube used in the reception of television images.
2. a recording of a television program on motion-picture film.

See also: Media

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Noun

1.

kinescope - a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen picture tube, television tube 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 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 boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television receiver, television set, telly, tv set, tv, television - an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"