orthicon

(ôrt̸hi 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

Origin: ortho- + icon(oscope)

See orthicon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A television camera pickup tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, that uses a low-velocity electron beam to scan a photoactive mosaic. Also called image orthicon.

Origin:

Origin: orth(o)-

Origin: + icon(oscope)

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