English
Detailed Synonyms for image orthicon in English
image orthicon:
image orthicon [the ~] noun
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the image orthicon
– 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 1the image orthicon; the orthicon– 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 1