Phrase guide

cathode ray tube

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A vacuum tube that displays still or moving images (such as for a television), by controlling the direction of a cathode ray emitted towards the front of the tube. The front is coated by a layer of fluorescent material, so that it emits light when struck by the beam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: CRT, picture tube, Braun tube

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُنْبُوب أَشِعَّة مَهْبَطِيَّة (ʔunbūb ʔašiʕʕa mahbaṭiyya) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Arabic: صِمَام أَشِعَّة مَهْبَطِيَّة (ṣimām ʔašiʕʕa mahbaṭiyya) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Aragonese: tubo catodico — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Bulgarian: електроннолъчева тръба (elektronnolǎčeva trǎba) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Bulgarian: катоднолъчева тръба (katodnolǎčeva trǎba) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Catalan: tub de raigs catòdics — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陰極射線 /阴极射线 (yīnjí shèxiàn) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Chinese Mandarin: 映像管 (yìngxiàngguǎn) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顯像管 /显像管 (xiǎnxiàngguǎn) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Danish: billedrør — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Danish: katodestrålerør — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Dutch: kathodestraalbuis — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Dutch: beeldbuis — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Estonian: katoodtoru — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Finnish: kuvaputki — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Finnish: katodisädeputki — vacuum tube that displays images
  • French: tube cathodique — vacuum tube that displays images
  • German: Kathodenstrahlröhre — vacuum tube that displays images
  • German: Braunsche Röhre — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Hawaiian: ʻohe kīwī — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Hungarian: katódsugárcső — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Icelandic: bakskautslampi — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Icelandic: myndlampi — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Irish: feadán ga-chatóideach — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Italian: tubo catodico — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Italian: tubo a raggi catodici — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Japanese: ブラウン管 (Buraun-kan) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Korean: 브라운관 (beuraun'gwan) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Korean: 음극선관 (eumgeukseon'gwan) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Portuguese: tubo de imagens — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Portuguese: tubo de raios catódicos — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Punjabi: ਕੈਥੋੜ ਰੇਅ ਟਿਊਬ (kaithoṛ rea ṭiūba) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Romanian: tub catodic — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Russian: электро́нно-лучева́я тру́бка (elektrónno-lučevája trúbka) — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Spanish: tubo de rayos catódicos — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Swedish: katodstrålerör — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Swedish: bildrör — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Turkish: katot ışın tüpü — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Vietnamese: ống tia âm cực — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Welsh: tiwb pelydrau cathod — vacuum tube that displays images
  • Xibe: ᠰᡟᡞ ᠠᠯ ᡨᡞ (syi al ti) — vacuum tube that displays images