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picture tube

American  

noun

  1. a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced.

picture tube British  

noun

  1. another name for television tube

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of picture tube

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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Despite all this, picture tube televisions continue to linger.

From The Verge • Feb. 6, 2018

The replay boards suffer against the standards of today, like entering a hotel room with a small-screen television backed with a giant picture tube.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2013

Using a new 1�in. black-and-white picture tube that looks like a pygmy canoe paddle, Sony has turned out a set that is more streamlined and less bulky than existing tiny TVs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 1969-70 season began dimly last fall, and the "second-season" replacement shows that premiered last week did not exactly brighten the picture tube.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a moment I was disoriented, seized by panic; could a ghost embody itself through wavelengths, electronic dots, a picture tube?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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