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    orthicon

    orthicon - Dictionary definition and meaning for word orthicon

    Definition
    (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
    Synonyms : image orthicon
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