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  • cathode ray tube — (hardware)   (CRT) An electrical device for displaying images by exciting phosphor dots with a scanned electron beam. CRTs are found in computer VDUs and monitors, televisions and oscilloscopes. The first commercially practical CRT was perfected on 29 January 1901 by Allen B DuMont. A large glass envelope containing a negative electrode (the cathode) emits electrons (formerly called "cathode rays") when heated, as in a vacuum tube. The electrons are accelerated across a large voltage gradient toward the flat surface of the tube (the screen) which is covered with phosphor. When an electron strikes the phosphor, light is emitted. The electron beam is deflected by electromagnetic coils around the outside of the tube so that it scans across the screen, usually in horizontal stripes. This scan pattern is known as a raster. By controlling the current in the beam, the brightness at any particular point (roughly a "pixel") can be varied. Different phosphors have different "persistence" - the length of time for which they glow after being struck by electrons. If the scanning is done fast enough, the eye sees a steady image, due to both the persistence of the phospor and of the eye itself. CRTs also differ in their dot pitch, which determines their spatial resolution, and in whether they use interlace or not.
  • cathode-ray tube — A cathode-ray tube is a device in televisions and computer terminals which sends an image onto the screen.
  • celebrity status — the prominence of film star, footballer, musician etc who is constantly photographed and written about in tabloids and magazines
  • churidar pyjamas — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
  • circuit analyzer — multimeter.
  • circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
  • circumstantially — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
  • constructionally — In a constructional manner.
  • coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
  • counterfactually — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
  • couvade syndrome — a psychosomatic condition in which the spouse or partner of a pregnant woman experiences symptoms of childbirth or pregnancy
  • crash test dummy — a dummy used in crash tests
  • cuban royal palm — a feather palm, Roystonea regia, of tropical America, having a trunk that is swollen in the middle, drooping leaves from 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 meters) long, and small, round fruit.
  • currency trading — the business of trading in different currencies in order to profit from exchange rate differentials
  • customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
  • cut and blow-dry — a hairdressing procedure in which the customer's hair is cut and blow-dried
  • cytoarchitecture — (biology) The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ.
  • decimal currency — a system of currency in which the monetary units are parts or powers of ten
  • deferred annuity — an annuity that commences not less than one year after the final purchase premium
  • deputy secretary — the Deputy Secretary of State or Defense etc
  • diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
  • distributionally — In a distributional manner.
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • dual carriageway — divided highway.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • dublin bay prawn — a large prawn usually used in a dish of scampi
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • east gwillimbury — a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • extemporaneously — In an extemporaneous manner; without prior preparation or planning.
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
  • flat-track bully — a sportsperson who dominates inferior opposition, but who cannot beat top-level opponents
  • focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
  • fourier analysis — the expression of any periodic function as a sum of sine and cosine functions, as in an electromagnetic wave function. Compare Fourier series.
  • fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
  • garcia y iniguez — Calixto [kah-lees-taw] /kɑˈlis tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1839?–98, Cuban lawyer, soldier, and revolutionist.
  • geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • gray nurse shark — a sand shark, Odontaspis arenarius, abundant in S African and Australian coastal waters and estuaries.
  • grey nurse shark — a common greyish Australian shark, Odontaspis arenarius
  • greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
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