DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
orthicon
/'ɔrθə,kɑn/ · ɔrθəkɑn
Orthicon has 3 syllables: or · thi · con.
or
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thi
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con
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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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