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    PICTURE TUBE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screenplay

    Synonyms:

    kinescope; picture tube; television tube

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("picture 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)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "picture tube"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("picture tube" is a part of...):

    boob tube; goggle box; idiot box; television; television receiver; television set; telly; tv; tv set (an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen)

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