Definitions for orthicon

orthicon or·thi·con

Spelling: [awr-thi-kon]
IPA: /ˈɔr θɪˌkɒn/

Orthicon is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in orthicon (chinoort).

Definitions for orthicon

noun

  1. a camera tube, more sensitive than the iconoscope, in which a beam of low-velocity electrons scans a photoemissive mosaic.

Origin of orthicon

First recorded in 1935-40; orth- + icon(oscope)

Word Value for orthicon
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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