orthicon
- noun
- /ˈɔrθɪˌkɒn/
- Archaic
:
orticón
- The old television studio used an orthicon tube to convert optical images into electronic signals.
- orthicon tube
Examples
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In the 1960s, many broadcasts relied on orthicon cameras for their high-quality video output.
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Engineers had to replace the outdated orthicon tubes with modern imaging technology.
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(An orthicon tube does exactly the same thing, except electronically, in a camera, and your modern TV is just a big orthicon tube on the other end.)
Fiction book (1998) -
(An orthicon tube does exactly the same thing, except electronically, in a camera, and your modern TV is just a big orthicon tube on the other end.)
Fiction book (1998) -
(The engineer at the station here looked at the specs and said, "Seven, if they had access to video orthicon tubes, the signal wouldn't have gotten across the room, unless it was on cable, which it wasn't.")
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
A tube in early television cameras that makes pictures from light
An electronic tube in early television cameras that turns light into electrical signals
A device used in old television cameras to change an image into electronic signals
An old glass tube in television cameras that changes pictures into electric signals
An early device in television cameras that changes pictures into electric signals
Compounds
How Modern
- Specialized
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- Archaic
- Archaic
- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word orthicon comes from Greek parts orth- meaning 'correct' or 'straight' and -icon meaning 'image'. So an orthicon was a television camera tube that tried to make a 'correct' picture into an electronic signal.