television tube
- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən tuːb/
- Archaic
:
tubo de televisión
- My old television still works, but the television tube is starting to fade.
Examples
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Technicians replaced the broken television tube to restore the picture quality.
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The old television tube finally stopped working.
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Many vintage collectors look for sets with the original television tube intact.
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Have you ever seen a television tube up close?
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The technician replaced the old television tube to improve the picture quality.
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In the past, a television tube was essential for displaying images on screens in homes.
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He admired the bright colors coming from the television tube of his vintage TV.
Synonyms
3
7.7
An old heavy TV or computer screen that uses a glass tube to show images
1
5.8
A long glass tube inside old televisions that makes the picture on the screen
1
6.0
A large glass device in old TVs and computer screens that makes pictures with a beam of electrons
1
9.9
A glass tube with a screen that shows early TV pictures
A heavy old TV or computer screen that uses a glass tube to show images
A large glass part inside old televisions that shows pictures in color
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
How Thin
3
2.8
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is a straightforward noun–noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'television' (TV) and 'tube' (a cylindrical/device or component) can infer it refers to the tube/component used in a television to produce images. While the precise technical term 'cathode‑ray tube' may be unfamiliar, the overall referent (a physical tube in a TV set) is directly derivable from the constituents and cross‑linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Television tube comes from the long glass tube inside an old television that made the moving 'picture' on the screen, so people called that glass part the 'television tube'. That's why television tube means the glass part in a TV that shows the picture.