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Record 1 2005-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Television Arts
  • Cinematography
DEF

A film recording of a television picture, tape or live.

OBS

Kinescopes, which have been replaced by videotape, are no longer common. Originally, kinescope was a synonym for picture tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiodiffusion
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Film enregistré au cinéscope.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vacuum Tubes (Electronics)
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
DEF

A cathode-ray tube used in television receivers to produce an image by varying the electron-beam intensity as the beam is deflected from side to side and up and down to scan a raster on the fluorescent screen at the large end of the tube.

OBS

According to the source SPOTEL, the picture tube is called a kinescope in the US.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tubes et lampes (Électronique)
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
DEF

Tube cathodique utilisé pour la reproduction des images de télévision.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tubos de vacío (Electrónica)
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
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