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Noun: image orthicon  'i-mij'or-thu,kón
  1. 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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Derived forms: image orthicons

Type of: television pickup tube, television-camera tube

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