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A vacuum tube equipped with an electron emitting CATHODE and a fluorescent screen which emits visible light when excited by the cathode ray. Cathode ray tubes are used as imaging devises for TELEVISIONS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; TEXT TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES; oscilloscopes; and other DATA DISPLAY devices.
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- Cathode Ray Tubes
- Ray Tube, Cathode
- Ray Tubes, Cathode
- Tube, Cathode Ray
- Tubes, Cathode Ray
- Cathode Ray Tube Display
- Cathode Rays
- Cathode Ray
- Ray, Cathode
- Rays, Cathode
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, microbiology, parasitology, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
2010; for CATHODE RAYS use BETA RAYS 1985-2009, RADIATION, IONIZING 1976-1984, use RADIATION 1963-1975; for CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY see DATA DISPLAY 1991-2009
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- Computer Terminals (1990-2009)
- Data Display (1967-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cathode Ray Tube. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055984. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055984
- Cathode Ray Tube. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode_ray_tube
- Cathode Ray Tube. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83913