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orthicon

DEFINITIONS OF: orthicon

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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:
image orthicon
Type of:
television pickup tube, television-camera tube
a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
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