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English noun: orthicon

1. orthicon (artifact) 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


Synonymsimage orthicon


Broader (hypernym)television pickup tube, television-camera tube









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