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noun
An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Crookes-Hittorf tube
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noun
the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cathode-ray tube, CRT
History
After Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist, one of its inventors.
