ORTHICON

orthicon, image orthicon

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

orthicon (plural orthicons)

TV camera tube. (Abbreviation of orthoconoscope.)

Source: Wiktionary



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WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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