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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
Answer for the clue "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 ", 8 letters:
orthicon
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n. TV camera tube. ((abbreviation of orthoconoscope English)
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n. 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 [syn: image orthicon ]
Usage examples of orthicon.
There were no moving parts and the screen and orthicon were of the nonvacuum Partini type.
I cut out the radar and cut in the nose orthicon and sat back to watch the beacon appear on the screen.