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

  • noun A cathode-ray tube.
  • noun A monitor, television, or projector that displays an image using a cathode-ray tube.

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  • initialism electronics Initialism of Cathode ray tube.
  • initialism software Initialism of C Run Time.
  • noun computing a monitor that uses a cathrode ray tube

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

  • noun 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

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