orthicon
[ awr-thi-kon ]
/ ˈɔr θɪˌkɒn /
noun Television.
a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.
Also
or·thi·con·o·scope
[awr-thi-kon-uh-skohp] /ˌɔr θɪˈkɒn əˌskoʊp/.
Origin of orthicon
First recorded in 1935–40;
orth- +
icon(oscope)
Words nearby orthicon
orth-,
orth.,
orthergasia,
orthesis,
orthetics,
orthicon,
ortho,
ortho-,
ortho-cousin,
ortho-dichlorobenzene,
ortho-kung t cell
British Dictionary definitions for orthicon
orthicon
/ (ˈɔːθɪˌkɒn) /
noun
a television camera tube in which an optical image produces a corresponding electrical charge pattern on a mosaic surface that is scanned from behind by an electron beam. The resulting discharge of the mosaic provides the output signal current
See also image orthicon
Word Origin for orthicon
C20: from
ortho- +
icon (
oscope)