Saticon

[sat-i-kon]

Television, Trademark.

a camera tube similar to the vidicon in construction and operation but using a combination of the semiconductors selenium, arsenic, and tellurium (rather than antimony sulfide) as its photoconductive surface.

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British Dictionary definitions for saticon

Saticon

noun

trademark a high-resolution television camera tube used when high definition is required

Word Origin for Saticon

C20: from s (elenium) + a (rsenic) + t (ellurium) (used in the tube screen) + icon (oscope)

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