Associations to the word «Orthicon»

Wiktionary

ORTHICON, noun. TV camera tube. (Abbreviation of orthoconoscope.

Dictionary definition

ORTHICON, 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.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras