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orthicon definition

☆ or·thi·con (ôr′t̸hi kän′)

noun

a television camera tube, an improved form of the iconoscope, in which the charges on a photosensitive plate are scanned by a low-velocity electron beam which is reflected and which delivers the signal current to an output electrode
also orthiconoscope or′·thi·con′o·scope′ (-ə skōp′)

Etymology: ortho- + icon(oscope)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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