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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 or·thi·con /ˈɔrθɪˌkɑn/
 正析象管

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 orthicon
      n : 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 [syn: image orthicon]