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Orthicon

Orthicon Meaning & Definition
Orthicon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Orthicon?

[n] a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons

Synonyms | Synonyms for Orthicon: image orthicon

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See Also | television pickup tube | television-camera tube

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