Orthicon

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An electron tube used in early video cameras to capture images by scanning a photoactive mosaic inside the camera with a low-velocity electron beam. Unlike the earlier iconoscope, it could capture images in low light. noun

TV camera tube. noun

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 noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to orthicon:
orthicon, orthogon, orthicons, orthian, opticon.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word orthicon:
vidicon, statuette, tube, camera, modeled, emmy, dorothy, image, objects, louis, designed, television, video, wife, light, produced, award, black, white, used.

Adjectives that are often used to describe orthicon:
image, intensifier, conventional, inch, ordinary, standard, typical, 2p33.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective orthicon:
tube, camera, tubes, cameras, equipment.

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