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orthicon
[ awr-thi-kon ]
noun
, Television.
- a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
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 current See also image orthicon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orthicon1
First recorded in 1935–40; orth- + icon(oscope)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orthicon1
C20: from ortho- + icon ( oscope )
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Example Sentences
I cut out the radar and cut in the nose orthicon and sat back to watch the beacon appear on the screen.
From Project Gutenberg
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