Plumbiconn.

Brit.

/ˈplʌmbɪkɒn/, U.S.

/ˈpləmbəˌkɑn/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plumbum , vidicon n.

Etymology: < classical Latin plumbum lead (see plumb n.¹) + -icon (in vidicon n.).

Television. Now historical.

A proprietary name for: a type of television camera tube similar to a vidicon, but in which the photoconductive layer of the signal plate is of lead monoxide. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1962 E. F. de Haan in Philips Techn. Rev. 24 58/1 The photoconductive layer consists of vapour-deposited lead monoxide, PbO, and we have therefore called this tube the ‘Plumbicon’.

1971 Physics Bull. Aug. 457/1 The other is the plumbicon colour tv tube now used in practically all colour tv cameras all over the world.

1976 Wireless World June 75/3 A camera based on three 2/3-in. Plumbicons with built-in image enhancement.

2004 Broadcast Engin. (Nexis) 1 Aug. 8 Early CCDs struggled to match the performance of modest plumbicon cameras, but CCD technology quickly advanced to eclipse tube technology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plumbicon
释义	Plumbiconn. Brit. /ˈplʌmbɪkɒn/, U.S. /ˈpləmbəˌkɑn/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin plumbum , vidicon n. Etymology: < classical Latin plumbum lead (see plumb n.¹) + -icon (in vidicon n.). Television. Now historical. A proprietary name for: a type of television camera tube similar to a vidicon, but in which the photoconductive layer of the signal plate is of lead monoxide. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1962 E. F. de Haan in Philips Techn. Rev. 24 58/1 The photoconductive layer consists of vapour-deposited lead monoxide, PbO, and we have therefore called this tube the ‘Plumbicon’. 1971 Physics Bull. Aug. 457/1 The other is the plumbicon colour tv tube now used in practically all colour tv cameras all over the world. 1976 Wireless World June 75/3 A camera based on three 2/3-in. Plumbicons with built-in image enhancement. 2004 Broadcast Engin. (Nexis) 1 Aug. 8 Early CCDs struggled to match the performance of modest plumbicon cameras, but CCD technology quickly advanced to eclipse tube technology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1962
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