HyperDic: crookes_tube

English > 1 sense of the expression Crookes tube:
NOUNartifactCrookes tubethe original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
English > Crookes tube: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningThe original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube.
Broadercathode-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
CatalanTub de Crookes

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