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kinescope /kine·scope/ (-skōp) an instrument for ascertaining ocular refraction.
kinescope 1. An instrument for determining the refraction of the eye by having the subject observe the apparent 'with' or 'against' movement of a test object through a stenopaeic slit moved across the front of the eye. 2. An instrument for recording television programmes. See stenopaeic disc. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The archive's television programs are transferred from obsolete formats such as kinescopes to contemporary video storage systems. Viewers interested in recapturing this bit of camp history are out of luck--tragically, those kinescopes are not included in the documentary and may have been permanently erased by CBS years ago. Hilditch has videotapes of these old kinescopes, we eventually discover, because the star of the show is his mother, Gala. |
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