English Dictionary

picture tube

名詞

(electronics, becoming dated) In a television set, before the development of LED screens, the cathode ray tube which produced moving images on its surface.

日本語の意味

テレビ用に用いられたブラウン管、すなわちLEDスクリーン以前のテレビで、映像を表示するために陰極線管が使われていた、電子部品の一種。

My grandfather's old television still used a picture tube, which made the colors look soft and the screen slightly curved.

祖父の古いテレビは今でもブラウン管を使っていて、色が柔らかく見え、画面がやや湾曲していた。

意味（1）

(electronics, becoming dated) In a television set, before the development of LED screens, the cathode ray tube which produced moving images on its surface.

The conventional TV picture tube, whose monstrous bubble of vacuum is responsible for most of the bulk of the TV cabinet, may be on its way out. Electronics men have long dreamed of shrinking the tube to a flat plate not much bigger than the picture.

picture tubes （ plural ）