DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
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/'ɪmɪdʒ_'ɔrθə,kɑn/ · ɪmɪdʒɔrθəkɑn
Image orthicon has 4 syllables: im · age or · thi · con.
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age or
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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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