television tube

1. 1.

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

   Synonymskinescopepicture tube

   Broadercathode-ray tube

   Narrowercolor tube

   Part oftelevision receiver

Questions about television tube

What does television tube mean?

television tube means "a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen".

What is another word for television tube?

Close synonyms include kinescope, picture tube. 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 television tube a common word?

television 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.