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CATHODE RAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cathode ray mean? 

CATHODE RAY (noun)
  The noun CATHODE RAY has 1 sense:

1. a beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tubeplay

  Familiarity information: CATHODE RAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CATHODE RAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A beam of electrons emitted by the cathode of an electrical discharge tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("cathode ray" is a kind of...):

beam; electron beam; ray (a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation)


 Context examples 


An electronic device designed to display electrical measurements, typically as a waveform on a cathode ray tube.

(Oscilloscope Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)



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