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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits electrons that are accelerated as a beam through a relatively high voltage anode, further focused or deflected electrostatically or electromagnetically, and allowed to fall on a phosphorescent screen.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a vacuum tube in which electrons from a heated cathode are focused and deflected onto a phosphorescent screen; used in television sets etc

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen

Examples

  • “Tom went to his own laboratory where he replaced the cathode-ray tube in the oscillograph with another one which he knew to be more sensitive.”

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  • “He was working with a cathode-ray tube surrounded by sheets of black cardboard when he caught a glimpse of light from the other side of his lab.”

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. anticathode
  2. degauss
  3. raster
  4. oscilloscope
  1. cathode ray
  2. CRT
  3. video display terminal
  4. scanning electron microscope
  1. gamma correction
  2. strobotron
  3. display
  4. television tube
  1. faceplate
  2. picture tube
  3. electron gun
  4. phosphor
  1. sweep
  2. screen
  3. camera
  4. refresh
  1. kinescope
  2. Crookes tube
  3. crt screen

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