Crossword clues for orthicon
Wiktionary
orthicon
n. TV camera tube. ((abbreviation of orthoconoscope English)
WordNet
orthicon
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.