color tube

/ˌkʌlər tub/
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Other forms: color tubes

Definitions of color tube
  1. noun
    a television tube that displays images in full color
    synonyms: color TV tube, color television tube, colour TV tube, colour television tube, colour tube
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    types:
    tricolor television tube, tricolor tube, tricolour television tube, tricolour tube
    a color television tube in which three primary colors are combined to give the full range of colors
    type of:
    kinescope, picture tube, television tube
    a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
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