vidicon noun. ['vɪdɪkɒn] M20.
[from VID(EO adjective & noun + ICON(OSCOPE.]
A small television camera tube in which the image is formed on a transparent electrode coated with photoconductive material, the current from which varies as it is scanned by a beam of (usu. low-speed) electrons.

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