cathode-ray tube

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsCRT

   Broadergas-discharge tube

   NarrowerCrookes tubekinescope

   Part ofoscilloscopetelevisioncomputer

   Partselectron gunscreen

Questions about cathode-ray tube

What does cathode-ray tube mean?

cathode-ray tube means "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".

What is another word for cathode-ray tube?

Close synonyms include CRT. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cathode-ray tube a common word?

cathode-ray tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.