IMAGE ORTHICON
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Image Orthicon.
Image Orthicon - as a 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
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"The image orthicon is a type of camera tube used in early television cameras."
"The image orthicon was developed as an improvement on the previous vidicon tube."
"The image orthicon converts an optical image into an electronic signal."
"The image orthicon allowed for better image quality and sensitivity in television cameras."
"In the 1940s and 1950s, many television studios used image orthicons for broadcasting."
