cathode ray
Noun
Meaning
a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube
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A demonstration of a vector-drawing cathode ray tube display was made by connecting the deflection yoke in a standard television to the channels of a stereo amplifier fed with music program material.
Although others had experimented with using a cathode ray tube as a receiver, the concept of using one as a transmitter was novel.
Although there are still many televisions and computer monitors using cathode ray tubes, they are rapidly being replaced by flat panel displays whose quality has greatly improved even as their prices drop.
A modern indicator device, the vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) is also a sort of cathode ray tube.
Cathode ray tubes main The cathode ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube used particularly for display purposes.
Cathode rays are so named because they are emitted by the negative electrode, or cathode, in a vacuum tube, also called as a cathode ray tube.