Synonyms of orthicon

Noun


1. orthicon, image orthicon, television-camera tube, television pickup tube

usage: 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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