image tube

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Definitions of image tube words

noun image tube an electron tube that receives a pattern of radiation, as infrared, ultraviolet, or x-ray, on a photosensitive surface and reproduces the pattern on a fluorescent screen. 1
noun image tube a photoelectric device for intensifying faint astronomical images. 0

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40

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