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Nipkow disks

Nipkow disks is the plural of Nipkow disk.

Meaning of Nipkow disk

Noun

Nipkow disk (plural Nipkow disks)

  1. A mechanical, geometrically-operating image scanning device, a fundamental component of early mechanical television.

Questions about Nipkow disks

What is Nipkow disks the plural of?
Nipkow disks is the plural of Nipkow disk.

Words near Nipkow disks in the dictionary

  1. Nipkov disks
  2. Nipkow
  3. Nipkow disc
  4. Nipkow discs
  5. Nipkow disk
  6. Nipkow disks
  7. nipless
  8. Nipmuc
  9. Nipmuck
  10. Nipmucks
  11. Nipmucs

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