Nipkow disk

English

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Etymology

After Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860-1940), German inventor.

Noun

Nipkow disk (plural Nipkow disks)

  1. A mechanical, geometrically-operating image scanning device, a fundamental component of early mechanical television.
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