Associations to the word «Orthicon»
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Wiktionary
ORTHICON, noun. TV camera tube. (Abbreviation of orthoconoscope.
Dictionary definition
ORTHICON, noun. 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.
Wise words
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