pickup tube

noun, Television.
Also, pickup.
Origin
1930-35
Examples from the web for pickup tube
  • If a seed becomes lodged across the pickup tube, it is quite easy to squeeze the tube and dislodge it.
  • The element may be merely the free end of a pickup tube, which end can be relocated in a radial direction.
  • The process of moving the electron beam of a pickup tube or a picture tube across the target or screen area of a tube.