Crookes tube

Other forms: Crookes tubes

Definitions of Crookes tube
  1. noun
    the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
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    type of:
    CRT, cathode-ray tube
    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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