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Definition of: orthicon
(ôr′thə·kon) noun
A sensitive television camera tube which uses low-velocity electrons in scanning and can pick up scenes under all lighting conditions or by infrared radiations. Also image orthicon. [<ORTH(O)- + ICON-(OSCOPE)]
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