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or·thi·con

 (ôr′thĭ-kŏn′)
n.
An electron tube used in early video cameras to capture images by scanning a photoactive mosaic inside the camera with a low-velocity electron beam. Unlike the earlier iconoscope, it could capture images in low light. Also called image orthicon.
[orth(o)- + icon(oscope).]
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orthicon

(ˈɔːθɪˌkɒn)
n
(Electronics) 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
[C20: from ortho- + icon(oscope)]
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or•thi•con

(ˈɔr θɪˌkɒn)

also or•thi•con•o•scope

(ˌɔr θɪˈkɒn əˌskoʊp)

n.
a television camera tube in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
[1935–40]
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Noun1.orthicon - 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
image orthicon
television pickup tube, television-camera tube - a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals
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