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cathode ray

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cathode ray
n.
1. A stream of electrons emitted by the cathode in electrical discharge tubes.
2. One of the electrons that is emitted in a stream from a cathode-ray tube.
cathode ray
A beam of electrons streaming from the negatively charged end of a vacuum tube (the cathode) toward a positively charged plate (the anode).
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Noun1.cathode ray - a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube
electron beam, beam, ray - a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
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