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triniscope

triniscope noun: an early color television system using three separate video tubes with colored phosphors producing the primary colors, combining the images through dichroic mirrors onto a screen for viewing.

Noun

triniscope (plural triniscopes)

  1. (historical) An early color television system using three separate video tubes with colored phosphors producing the primary colors, combining the images through dichroic mirrors onto a screen for viewing.

Forms of triniscope

pluraltriniscopes

Origin of triniscope

Originally the proprietary name for a system developed by RCA. See tri- (“three”), and -scope.

Questions about triniscope

What does triniscope mean?
Triniscope means an early color television system using three separate video tubes with colored phosphors producing the primary colors, combining the images through dichroic mirrors onto a screen for viewing.
What part of speech is triniscope?
Triniscope is a noun.
What is the plural of triniscope?
The plural of triniscope is triniscopes.

Words near triniscope in the dictionary

  1. trinification
  2. Trinil
  3. trining
  4. triniobium
  5. Trinis
  6. triniscope
  7. triniscopes
  8. trinitarian
  9. trinitarian formula
  10. trinitarianism
  11. trinitarianisms

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