picture tube

picture tube

n.

A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver that translates received electrical signals into a visible picture on a luminescent screen. Also called kinescope.

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picture tube - a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen kinescope, television tube 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 color television tube, color tube, color TV tube, colour television tube, colour tube, colour TV tube - a television tube that displays images in full color boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television receiver, television set, telly, tv set, tv, television - an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen; "the British call a tv set a telly"