kinescope

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noun

A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.

Similar
kinepicture tubetelevision tube
OriginAncient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) ← Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai ← Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti →
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Meanings

nounkinescope (plural kinescopes)

plural kinescopes

  1. A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.

    Synonyms: kine

  2. historicalAn early television receiver tube.
verbkinescope (third-person singular simple present kinescopes, present participle kinescoping, simple past and past participle kinescoped)

present singular third person kinescopes · participle present kinescoping · participle past kinescoped · past kinescoped

  1. transitiveTo record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording.

Similar
kine

More synonyms by meaning

nouna cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

Similar
picture tubetelevision tube
Broader
cathode-ray tubeCRT
Also see
picture tubetelevision tube

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishkine-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  5. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  6. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  7. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  8. Englishkinescope

From kine- + -scope.

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APA

kinescope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinescope

MLA

“kinescope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinescope. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kinescope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinescope.

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