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television camera

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television camera [′tel·ə‚vizh·ən ‚kam·rə]
(electronics)
The pickup unit used to convert a scene into corresponding electric signals; optical lenses focus the scene to be televised on the photosensitive surface of a camera tube, and the tube breaks down the visual image into small picture elements and converts the light intensity of each element in turn into a corresponding electric signal. Also known as camera.


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