NOUN
- 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
How To Use cathode-ray tube In A Sentence
- On borehole televiewer logs. An unusual effect produced on the cathode-ray tube display by erratic movement of the tool as it drags along the borehole.
- An improved cathode-ray tube includes an envelope comprising a faceplate panel, a funnel and a neck.
- Look out for early signs of in-car computing, and the erosion of cathode-ray tubes by cheaper liquid-crystal displays.
- The advantage of LCDs is that they are much lighter and consume less power than other display technologies (e. g. , cathode-ray tubes).
- The company manufactures chemicals that absorb gasses in vacuum containers such as cathode-ray tubes used in televisions and stereos.
- In 1895, while experimenting with electric current flow in a partially evacuated glass tube (cathode-ray tube), Röntgen observed that a nearby piece of barium platinocyanide gave off light when the tube was in operation. Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad
- Röntgen stumbled on X-rays by observing that when he operated a Crooke’s tube essentially a cathode-ray tube, a cardboard screen coated with barium platinocyanide several feet away subtly glowed. The Nature of Technology
- In 1965, he negotiated a contract for me to build one using a cathode-ray tube display, under the sponsorship of the Night Vision Laboratory at Ft. Belvoir, Virgina (which was developing the Army's sniperscopes and snooperscopes).
- The expression "flat panel display" does not cover cathode-ray tube technology.
- The company manufactures chemicals that absorb gasses in vacuum containers such as cathode-ray tubes used in televisions and stereos.