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A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.

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  1. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/vacuum">vacuum tube in which the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/exhaustion">exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.
  2. n. the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
  3. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/vacuum">vacuum tube in which the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/exhaustion">exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.
  4. A class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/vacuum">vacuum tube in which the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/exhaustion">exhaustion is carried to a very highdegree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- socalled from W. Crookes who introduced it.