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Orthicon Definition & Meaning

orthicon
noun
  1. 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

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What does orthicon mean?
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
What part of speech is orthicon?
Orthicon is a noun.

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