"cathode ray" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cathode rays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cathode ray (plural cathode rays)
  1. (electricity) A ray consisting of a stream of electrons in a vacuum tube that are emitted by the cathode and accelerated towards the anode by an electric field. Categories (topical): Electricity Synonyms: electron beam, e-beam Derived forms: cathode ray tube Translations (ray consisting of a stream of electrons): kathodestraal [feminine] (Dutch), Elektronenstrahl [masculine] (German), Kathodenstrahl [masculine] (German), katodstråle [common-gender] (Swedish), tia âm cực (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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