Braun tube

noun

An early cathode ray tube.

Meanings

nounBraun tube (plural Braun tubes)

plural Braun tubes

  1. historicalAn early cathode ray tube.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Invented by the German physicist Ferdinand Braun in 1897.

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