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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cathode-ray tube in a television that translates electrical signals into a visible picture on a luminescent screen.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen

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