Meanings
nounorthicon (plural orthicons)
plural orthicons
- abbreviationAn early TV camera tube. (Abbreviation of orthoconoscope).
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna 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
Similar
image orthicon
Broader
television-camera tubetelevision pickup tube
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
orthicon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthicon
MLA
“orthicon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthicon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orthicon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthicon.
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