Photonics Dictionary: T

The term that represents the size of one of the many small elements into which a television image is necessarily broken down for transmission.

The span of frequencies within which a single channel of broadcast television must fall; in the US, it is 6 MHz.

A camera containing an electronic image sensor that converts the image to an electronic signal suitable for television applications.

The value equal to the raster height divided by the half-period of a periodic test pattern.

A device designed to enlarge the image of a microscopic object by television process. It may be a flying spot scanner that is used to scan the microscope slide, or a camera tube-microscope...

A television receiver that receives the signals generated by a television camera directly, or remotely through a radio signal. It may be used to continuously check image and sound reception; as a...

A television display system in which the television signal is converted to an image that is projected onto either a front or rear projection screen.

The combination of the audio and visual signals that are transmitted and received at the same time, correlating the scene and sound in a television picture.

An electronic device used to encode video and audio signals of a television camera into radio waves that are broadcast to remote receivers. The video and audio components are transmitted...

The graph of the oscillating variations composing the wave of a video signal.