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or•thi•con



Pronunciation: (ôr'thi-kon"), [key]
—n. Television.
a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic. Also,or•thi•con•o•scopePronunciation: (ôr"thi-kon'u-skōp"). [key]

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