color television tube
- noun
- /ˈkʌlər ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən tuːb/
- Archaic
:
tubo de televisión en color
- Technicians struggled to repair the old color television tube in my grandmother's living room set.
Examples
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The color television tube was revolutionary in the 1960s.
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The invention of the color television tube revolutionized home entertainment in the 1960s.
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Many vintage televisions contain a color television tube that is now considered outdated technology.
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Many color television tubes are no longer manufactured.
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The technician replaced the old color television tube to improve the picture quality.
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He admired the vibrant images displayed by the color television tube in the living room.
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Many modern televisions have replaced the bulky color television tube with sleek LED screens.
Synonyms
3
7.7
An old heavy TV or computer screen that uses a glass tube to show images
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5.8
A long glass tube inside old televisions that makes the picture on the screen
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6.0
A large glass device in old TVs and computer screens that makes pictures with a beam of electrons
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9.9
A glass tube with a screen that shows early TV pictures
A glass bulb inside older televisions that makes the screen show color pictures
Part of a television that shows pictures in color
A part of a television that uses three colors to make pictures
A part inside a color television that makes red, green and blue pictures
A glass tube inside old TVs that makes the picture on the screen
Surface Forms
Morphology
color + television + tube
The phrase is directly compositional: 'color' describes the type of 'television' and 'tube' names the physical component, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it is the television's physical tube that displays color images. This follows a common noun-compound pattern found across languages, making the meaning immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Color television tube: The term comes from the large glass tube inside old TVs that made pictures in different colors by lighting tiny dots on the screen, so it means the glass part that shows color pictures.