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cathode-ray tube

cathode-ray tube is the alternative form of cathode ray tube.

Meaning of cathode ray tube

Noun

cathode ray tube (plural cathode ray tubes)

  1. A vacuum tube that displays still or moving images (such as for a television), by controlling the direction of a cathode ray emitted towards the front of the tube. The front is coated by a layer of fluorescent material, so that it emits light when struck by the beam.

Forms of cathode-ray tube

pluralcathode-ray tubes

Questions about cathode-ray tube

What is cathode-ray tube the alternative form of?
Cathode-ray tube is the alternative form of cathode ray tube.

Words near cathode-ray tube in the dictionary

  1. cathode dark spaces
  2. cathode ray
  3. cathode ray tube
  4. cathode ray tubes
  5. cathode rays
  6. cathode-ray tube
  7. cathode-ray tubes
  8. cathodegraph
  9. cathodegraphs
  10. cathodes
  11. cathodic

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