triniscope

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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.

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Meanings

nountriniscope (plural triniscopes)

plural triniscopes

  1. historicalbroadcastingAn 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.

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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