Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
In a television set, before the development of LED screens, the cathode ray tube which produced moving images on its surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: becoming dated
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kinescope, television tube
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cathode-ray tube, CRT
Narrower terms: color tube, colour tube, color television tube, colour television tube, color TV tube, colour TV tube
History
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