English > cathode-ray tube: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | CRT |
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| Part of | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | A machine for performing calculations automatically |
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| oscilloscope, scope, cathode-ray oscilloscope, CRO | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities |
| television, television system | A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points |
| Parts | electron gun | The electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope |
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| screen, CRT screen | The display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube |
| Narrower | Crookes tube | The original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube |
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| kinescope, picture tube, television tube | A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver |
| Broader | gas-discharge tube | A tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
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| Spanish | tubo de rayos catódicos |
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| Catalan | tub de raigs catòdics |
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