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orthicon

[ awr-thi-kon ]
/ ˈɔr θɪˌkɒn /

noun Television.

a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
Also or·thi·con·o·scope [awr-thi-kon-uh-skohp]. /ˌɔr θɪˈkɒn əˌskoʊp/.

Origin of orthicon

First recorded in 1935–40; orth- + icon(oscope)

Words nearby orthicon

Ortega y Gasset, orth-, orthergasia, orthesis, orthetics, orthicon, ortho, orthoboric acid, orthocenter, orthocentre, orthocephalic
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British Dictionary definitions for orthicon

orthicon
/ (ˈɔːθɪˌkɒn) /

noun

a television camera tube in which an optical image produces a corresponding electrical charge pattern on a mosaic surface that is scanned from behind by an electron beam. The resulting discharge of the mosaic provides the output signal currentSee also image orthicon

Word Origin for orthicon

C20: from ortho- + icon (oscope)
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