orthicon has definitions from the fields of electronics,television
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[ noun ] (electronics,television) 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

Used in print

(Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)

The microscope and orthicon are both selected to operate well into the ultraviolet_spectrum , which means that all lenses must be quartz .

Related terms

television-camera_tube

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