HyperDic: cathode-ray_tube

English > 1 sense of the expression cathode-ray tube:
NOUNartifactcathode-ray tube, CRTa 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
English > cathode-ray tube: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA 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.
SynonymCRT
Part ofcomputer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing systemA machine for performing calculations automatically
oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CROelectronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
television, television systemA telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points
Partselectron gunThe electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope
screen, CRT screenThe display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
NarrowerCrookes tubeThe original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
kinescope, picture tube, television tubeA cathode-ray tube in a television receiver
Broadergas-discharge tubeA tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas
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