picture tube

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

kinescope television tube box tube amplifier generator cathode-ray tube boob tube goggle box gogglebox telly colour television tube image tube marie corelli electron-ray tube
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Hypernyms

CRT cathode-ray tube

Hyponyms

color television tube color tube color TV tube colour television tube colour tube colour TV tube

Examples

Illinois Manufacturers Directory, Manufacturers' News, Inc., Chicago, IL, 1962, p. 1108 In 1963, it introduced the first rectangular color picture tube. Source: Internet

Starting in the late 1950s, picture tube phosphors would sacrifice saturation for increased brightness; this deviation from the standard at both the receiver and broadcaster was the source of considerable color variation. Source: Internet

The cathode ray tube is a Samsung model 240RB40 monochrome unit measuring 9 × 11 inches, displaying a picture of 240 mm diagonal; it is an off-the-shelf picture tube manufactured for small black/white television sets. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

picture sort picture taking picture theater picture window picture writing picture-in-picture