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CROOKES TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Crookes tube mean?
• CROOKES TUBE (noun)
The noun CROOKES TUBE has 1 sense:
1. the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
Familiarity information: CROOKES TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Crookes tube" is a kind of...):
cathode-ray tube; CRT (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)
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